Probably
Tyne, Ambrose
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.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 15.2 cm
Height: 40.7 cm
Weight: 3.63 kg
Width: 35.0 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1933-03-16)
by
Henderson, James Stewart
Mid 17th century
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
Ambrose Tyne appears in a list of apprentices of the Armourers' Company of London. His father was an edged-tool maker. He was admitted to the freedom of the Company by patrimony in 1644 and died in 1675 (information supplied by Claude Blair 1982).
English, probably by Ambrose Tyne of London
The breastplate is bright with a patchy heavy pitting and patination.
Parts
Hammered : Formed in one-piece with a narrow flange at the waist; hammered, shaped, riveted, medially-ridged
Medially-ridged Patinating Formed
Inscription present: proof-mark of a bullet
Inscription present: maker's mark
Inscription present: the cross of St. George within an ecsutcheon
Inscription present: crowned IR cipher
Accession number: HEN.M.120-1933
Primary reference Number: 18599
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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"Breastplate (body armour)"
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