Cowter (elbow guard)
Artist
M. Sylvain Marchat
(French, active in Paris and New York)
Date1911
Mediumsteel
Dimensions12 × 11 × 8 cm (4 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.), 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsSigned in script at basal (?) edge "S. Marchat/Paris 1911".
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.809
DescriptionSteel. Modern copy modeled on WAM 2014.906.ProvenanceMetropolitan Museum of Art collection. Purchased by Museum at Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.. (NYC) sale of October 24-26, 1956, sale no. 1701, lot no. 106. Paid $30 for lot. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
