Spanish Breastplate
Image
Title
Spanish Breastplate
Identifier
0000-29.47
Source
Donated by: J. P. Rasmussen
Accession No.: 0000-29.47
Accession No.: 0000-29.47
Description
Steel plate, curved at the waist, chest and shoulders. One hole is pierced in the center of each shoulder and underarm. Short split in metal at center of neck opening.
In the 1870s, two boys reportedly found this breastplate on the beach when it still had a cloth lining on the underside. It was later lost and then rediscovered in 1890.
An article ran in the Ventura Free Press on April 15, 1890 reading, "John McFadden's son plowed up a curiosity recently on George C. Power's place on Meta Street. It was an iron breastplate; it was considerably affected by rust, but still in a fair state of preservation. It was about two feet long and made to cover the breast of a small man. It is of iron or steel, one-eighth of an inch thick. It was probably from Spain, brought by some very early Spanish voyager."
In the 1870s, two boys reportedly found this breastplate on the beach when it still had a cloth lining on the underside. It was later lost and then rediscovered in 1890.
An article ran in the Ventura Free Press on April 15, 1890 reading, "John McFadden's son plowed up a curiosity recently on George C. Power's place on Meta Street. It was an iron breastplate; it was considerably affected by rust, but still in a fair state of preservation. It was about two feet long and made to cover the breast of a small man. It is of iron or steel, one-eighth of an inch thick. It was probably from Spain, brought by some very early Spanish voyager."
Creator
Unknown
Date
circa 1500s-1700s
Format
Physical Object (Breastplate)
Subject
Breastplates
Discovery and exploration--Spanish
Coverage
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Publisher
Museum of Ventura County
Rights
Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Type
Physical Object
Language
English
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Spanish Breastplate,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed November 21, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/4673.