Stirrup
Culture
European
Date1700s
Mediumiron
Dimensions16.5 × 14 × 10 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.), 1 lb, 12 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1000.1
DescriptionIron, once black from the hammer. Relatively simple and crude in execution, with likewise simple and crude incised decoration around the outer edge of the tread.ProvenanceEx collection Angelo Peyron (Florence, Italy). Purchased by the Museum on 6 November 1954, from Savoy Art and Auction Galleries (NYC), sale no. 450, lot no. 390. Price of $20 included HAM#s 3074.1-4. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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