Backplate (armour)
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1660
Materials
Metal
Measurements
39 cm (H)33.1 cm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1429706
Summary
HARQUEBUSIER'S BACKPLATE; With a raised neck and a narrow flange at the waist. The main edges have plain inward turns. At either shoulder is the first plate and leather of a replacement shoulder strap, with a filed pair of rivet holes for the original attachment further from the edge. The ends of replacement leather waist straps are attached by two rivets at either side of the waist. There are internal rivetted repairs to the left of the neck and right and centre of the flange.Stamped at the neck with an indistinct mark, probably the crowned IR mark of the Tower arsenal during the reign of James II.