Right Pauldron

Culture Italian , Milan

Dateabout 1570

Mediumsteel with etching and gilding, with modern leather

Dimensions24 × 28 × 26 cm (9 7/16 × 11 × 10 1/4 in.), 3 lb 6 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsSingle triangular nick on the 4 arm lames, and apparently similar nicks on the 2 upper lames as well.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.803

DescriptionSteel. Rounded field pauldron, shortened at front for lance. Mainlame deeply rounded over shoulderblade & overlaps 2 curved lames above & 4 over arm below, these sets overlapping away from mainlame. Lames work on brass-capped & plain iron rivets & restored internal leathers (some lost). Top lame has oval, tongued, iron buckle for gorget strap & similar buckle with strap is found on terminal lame below. Perimeter edge inwardly turned & tightly cabled.

Perimeter, medial line & to either side of this decorated with wide, deeply etched bands. Each has central, vine-like stem with foliation on fish-roe ground both blackened & gilded, framed by guilloche & plain fillets, to outside of which bands framed by scalloped strapwork having gilded, granular grounds framed by narrow, black fillets. At joint of each similarly rendered triangular projection.

Brazed repair inside at point of shoulder.
ProvenanceGift to John W. Higgins in May 1931 from Duque del Infantado (Vinuelas Castle, Madrid, Spain). Given to the Museum on July 1, 1954. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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