Production: Unknown (Probable)
Backplate, for use by an harquebusier. Formed in one piece with a narrow, upward-flanged neck-opening, and a short flange at the waist. Its arm-openings, neck-openings and waist-flange have plain, inward turns bordered by single incised lines. The turns at the neck-opening and the waist-flange are also bordered by round-headed lining-rivets. Attached by a pair of round-headed rivets at each shoulder beneath an old but probably not original scale, is a modern leather shoulder-strap. Each strap terminates in a long, modern plate pierced with two circular holes to accommodate the mushroom-headed studs of the breastplate. Each side of the backplate is pierced with a pair of horizontally-aligned holes for the attachment of a waist-belt. A round-headed rivet that occupies the inner of each of the pair of holes, retains the modern straps that now form the waist-belt. The right strap terminates in a single-ended, tongued iron buckle. A modern, vertical suspension-slot is pierced between the shoulder-blades. Part of the incomplete half-armour HEN.M.21A-C-1933.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 15.5 cm
Height: 37.2 cm
Weight: 1.98 kg
Width: 34.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century#
Production date:
circa
AD 1630
The backplate is heavily pitted and patinated to a russet colour.
Shoulder-strap
composed of
leather
( modern)
Buckle
composed of
iron (metal)
Decoration
Parts
Hammering
: Formed in one piece with a narrow, upward-flanged neck-opening, and a short flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted, decorated with incised lines
Patinating
Forming
Inscription present: tag with number
Accession number: HEN.M.21B-1933
Primary reference Number: 18073
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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