Lance Rest
Artist
workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
, or (Germany)
Artist
Wolf Peppinghorn
(Saxony, Germany)
Dateabout 1590–1600
MediumSteel, iron and black paint
Dimensions15.8 × 6 × 3.5 cm (6 3/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.), 10.5 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1154.17
Description(* Lance rest) This is forged as one thick piece, triangular in shape, with a right-angled flange vertically pierced with two holes for the mounting-bolts. The leading edge of the rest is cut with deep-oblique grooves for the grapper of the lance.ProvenanceDresden "Rüstkammer" Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (to 1925) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, L.I.) (his A-31). Purchased by the Armory on 27 July 1939 at Mackay sale, Christie's (London), lot 54 (with shaffron HAM# 2550). Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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