Backplate (armour)
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
400 mm (Height)
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Dalton Castle, Cumbria
NT 418309
Summary
Pikeman's backplate. Possibly en suite with DAL.A.13. Stamped 'R' at collar. Leather straps at skirt. Two holes in backplate. h. 40cm. Wadham collection (see DAL.A.1). Painted matt black and waxed.
Provenance
Part of the collection of armour acquired by Colonel Edward Wadham of Millwood, a late 19th-century agent to the Duke of Buccleuch. The whole collection was bought by Wadham at a sale in London. Some of it was kept by Wadham at Millwood; the rest was hung on the wall of the staircase at Dalton Castle. The armour in the castle was given to the Trust by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1965.