• Title
  James Piper, Thomas Piper Constable [Brass breastplate]
• Call number
  SAFE/R 250c
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 1, Shelf 18
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  Between 1816 & 1930
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  447007
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 1 crescent-shaped brass breastplate, engraved, with hole at each apex - 12.5 x 14.5 cm. - Decorated with engraving of a kangaroo and emu. Scrollwork is engraved surrounding the words "James Piper". Plate is slightly convex. Reverse surface rough and showing areas of verdigris.
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Titled from inscription
  Undated, however breastplates were conferred from 1816 until as late as 1930
  Inscription divided by a decorative scroll
  The inscription and the engravings are similar to those on the breastplate of John, Chief of Burrooa (R 250d)
  "Found in Coolah Valley, NSW" -- Poignant regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images, 1993
  Digital order no:a928647
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  James Piper / Thomas Piper Constable -- engraved on front
• Subject
  Politics and Government - National symbols and events - King plates
  
• Topic
  Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
  emus
  kangaroos
  kingplates
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Poignant Regalia: 19th century aboriginal breastplates & images - Hyde Park Barracks Museum (26 May - 4 July, 1993)
  Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection - State Library of New South Wales (April 2008-March 2009)
  Macquarie the Governor, 1810 to 1821 - Macquarie Bank (May, 2012 - May, 2013)

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