Stirrup
Culture
German
Dateearly 1600s
Mediumiron
Dimensions13.5 × 13 × 10 cm (5 5/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.), 13 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1005.2
DescriptionIdentical in all respects to HAM# 480.a with which it forms a pair.Polished iron. Rounded frame, beaten up into boxish suspension loop. Sides expand downwards into low, rounded scallops, & are thrice fluted, each set off by low rib within set of incised narrow lines. End of each flute roughly pierced with circular hole. Open, oval tread flattened at side, & spanned by pair of quadrangular-section bars. Outer elements are dentated above. Rear element drawn into low cusp. Presently linked with HAM# 480.b via riveted, modern leather strap.
ProvenanceS. J. Whawell (England) Theodore Offerman (New York, New York) Higgins Armory Museum Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Southern German
about 1550
about 1600–1650
