Main Plate of Left Pauldron (shoulder guard)
Culture
Northern Italian
Dateabout 1510
Mediumsteel
Dimensions13.7 × 19.5 × 7.5 cm (5 3/8 × 7 11/16 × 2 15/16 in.), 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.902
DescriptionOne-piece steel mainlame preserved is globose & longitudinally embossed with narrow, plain medial ridge between pair of shallow, elliptical flutes. To either side are embossed 8 semi-circular ridges, fashioned to appear upwardly overlapping one another. These extend nearly to plain & unturned side edges. Hollow-flanged curved upper edge is bordered by narrow recessed band pierced for 6 rivets. 3 roughly domed iron rivets survive; modern welded repair at mid-length indicates where suspension buckle probably fitted. Lower part of pauldron pinched inward at front & rear, & basal edge scalloped over its length. Near ends, & at mid-length are holes for rivets securing now-lost lames below. Similar rivets are found mid-height on face above. Acid-treated surface.
ProvenanceRhodes Beshiklash his brother in Paris Louis R. Bachereau Bashford Dean Purchased by John W. Higgins on September 28, 1929 from estate of Bashford Dean (Riverdale, NY), odd lot #3. Given to the Museum on January 8, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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