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Conservation Status: After Treatment
Lance Tip of Coronel form for the "Gestech" (German Joust)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
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Lance Tip of Coronel form for the "Gestech" (German Joust)

Culture
Culture
Dateearly 1500s
Mediumsteel
Dimensions9.2 × 4.9 cm (3 5/8 × 1 15/16 in.), 7 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.668
DescriptionForged from two pieces of steel, with a one-piece head formed as a tri-pointed coronel that is fire-welded to a short, conical socket welded up one side and transversely pierced by a pair of holes at the base for attachment to the lance shaft. The stout prongs of the head are formed by cutting out of one piece of steel, and are outwardly bent, angling inward on the exterior faces about halfway up. Each is of lozenge-section and faceted above the join of the socket.
Label TextThis three-pointed lance tip was used during the German Gestech, or “joust of peace.” The outspread prongs were less likely to cause injury, and made it easier to achieve a solid hit on the opponent.ProvenanceHollingworth Magniac collection (England; to 1892) Joseph Duveen (NYC and London) Oliver H.P. Belmont (NYC and Newport, RI) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, LI). Purchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, their no A-52/302 (lance 6248-383). Purchased with armor 2610.1, et al. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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