Peytral (left panel)
Dateabout 1525–1550
Mediumsteel
Dimensions62.2 × 36.8 × 5.7 cm (24 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.), 2 lb, 11 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsThree small circles & wedge inside of left plate, aligned with 2nd vacant rivet hole from the forward edge.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.14.2
DescriptionAssociated to the other two plates. While the side plates are not a pair, they are similarly formed to one another, and are from the same series of Radziwill peytrals to which this and HAM 479 (deaccessioned) et al belong. Each plate is of trapezoidal form, and curved as noted above, flaring out below, with a border treatment like that of the mainplate. The perimeter of both plates is pierced for lining rivets, most of which are lost. A fragment of the original woven lining remains adhered to the inside of the right plate near the slot for the suspension strap. At about mid height the posterior edge of each plate is pierced with a narrow vertical slot and a hole forward of it, for the lateral securing strap to the saddle or flanchard. A now empty rivet-hole inside the lining holes at the upper rear doubtless once held a suspension strap.
ProvenanceRadziwill armory, Nieswiez castle (Poland/Lithuania). Said to have been in Princes Radziwill's sale at Christies, June 1927. Purchased by John W. Higgins on 16 October 1928, with HAM 478, et al., from Theodore Offerman, York Galleries (NYC). Price paid for pair $950. Given to the Armory on 15 December 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
On viewCollections
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
