Right Vambrace, from a Garniture, probably made for Ludwig Ungnad von Weissenwolf auf Sunegg

Artist Desiderius Helmschmid (German, Augsburg, 1513–1579)

Artistdecorated by Jörg T. Sorg the Younger (Southern Germany, Augsburg, about 1525 – 1603)

Dateabout 1552

Mediumsteel with embossed, etched, blackened and gilded decoration, with modern brass, velvet, leather and steel

Dimensions43 × 18 × 12 cm (16 15/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 3/4 in.), 3 lb, 2 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsAll major components are internally marked with HAM accession number in black on a white field. Both vambraces have the inner end of the couter mainlame and that above marked with a single v-shaped nick. The left vambrace (only) has the inner ends of the laminations at the bend of the arm marked with small v-shaped nicks- 1 in each of the seven lowest lames and 5 in each of the 12th through 17th.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.74.8

DescriptionSee 2014.74.7.
ProvenancePer Stephen V. Grancsay in the Armory's 1961 catalogue, this armor was inherited from the Sachsen-Altenburg line by the Schwarzburg-Sondershauser in or after 1869. Ex collection, the Duke of Altenburg (Schloss Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany); Prince Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; Clarence H. Mackay (Harbor Hill, Roslyn, L.I., NY). Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for the estate of Clarence H. Mackay, their no. A-20-110. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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