Vancroft & Co
The Breastplate
The Breastplate
Free US shipping. Every order.
Free bronze House Mark with your first order, added at checkout.
30-day returns. Wear it. If it isn't right, send it back.
Silver darkens. Bronze darkens faster, and against skin it can leave a mark.
The seal is a clear coating applied by hand at the bench, after the piece is poured, oxidized, and relieved. It goes on thin, sits in the low places without clouding them, and locks the finish exactly where it was the day it left Vermont. The oxidation stays where it was put. The high points stay bright.
It goes on the back face and the edges — the surfaces that meet skin and shirt — so the front of the piece is untouched.
Applied to every pendant in your order before it ships. Nothing for you to do.
Add to any order.
Covers impact damage, a bent bail, and deep gouges from daily wear. If it happens, we repair or replace the piece.
Add once per pendant. Coverage runs two years from delivery.
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- Solid metal, never plated. .999 fine silver or bronze all the way through.
- Poured and finished in Vermont. By our family, one at a time, in small batches.
- Weighted to be worn. Substantial on the chest, sits clean under or over a shirt.
- Made to pass down. No plating to wear off, no trend to outgrow.
“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
— Ephesians 6:13
Three rivets across the chest. Faith. Family. Duty.
Paul wrote this while he was a prisoner, guarded by Roman soldiers. When he needed an image for what a man puts on before he goes out, he described what was standing in front of him — the belt, the segmented plate riveted at the shoulders, the shield soaked in water so fire arrows would not take.
Then he says what it is for. Not to charge. Not to win. Four times in six verses he uses the same word.
Stand.
That is most of it, for most men. You are not asked to conquer anything. You are asked to still be standing at the end of the day, in front of the people who are counting on you, having done all you could.
Cross cut into the face. Riveted at the shoulders. Hammered and worn as though it has already been used, because that is the only kind worth having.
Made to be stood behind.
Specifications
- Hand poured solid — .999 fine silver or bronze
- 34mm tall × 23mm wide
- Hand-oxidized recesses, polished high points
- 4mm black braided leather cord, 22", gunmetal magnetic barrel clasp
- Signed Certificate of Authenticity
- Poured and finished in Vermont
