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Description: | Artist: Tyne, Ambrose - armourer, London; Date(s): circa 1650; Classification(s): armour, breastplate (body armour), hammered, formed in one-piece with a narrow flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted, medially-ridged; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.120-1933]
Description: Breastplater, for use by an harquebusier. Formed in one-piece with a narrow flange at the waist. It is medially-ridged and dips down to the centre of the waist. Its arm-openings and its narrow, upward-flanged neck-opening have plain inward turns. Riveted at each arm-opening is a mushroom-shaped stud to engage the shoulder-straps of a backplate. Later, flat, downward-projecting belt-hooks are riveted at each side of the waist. Each side of the neck-opening and each side of the waist-flange are pierced with modern wiring-holes. The breastplate is struck to the left of its centre with the proof-mark of a bullet. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | armour Tyne, Ambrose breastplate (body armour) | Temporal: | name=mid-17th Century; start=1650; end=1650 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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