Cowter "alla tedesca" (in the German style)
Dateabout 1500–1510
Mediumsteel
Dimensions15.1 × 15 × 7.5 cm (5 15/16 × 5 7/8 × 2 15/16 in.), 5 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.904
DescriptionOf slightly oblong, shell-like form of moderate size, narrowing towards "V"-shaped pucker extending around bend of arm. What remains of upper & lower edges are plain, unturned, & relieved only by very shallow, sunken broad band. Cowter roundly bossed from elbow & apparently transversely embossed from this point with elliptical rib across the face almost to pucker. At this end is iron rivet, for anterior end of lost, bifurcated strap with buckle, rear terminals once secured to set of rivets (1 remains) at posterior vertical edge of cowter. Cowter probably secured with arming-points laced through 2 sets of holes punched mid-length face.Acid-treated surface.
ProvenanceRhodes Beshiktash 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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