Fingered Gauntlet for a Youth

Culture German

Dateabout 1560–1570

Mediumsteel and leather

Dimensions19.1 × 11.4 × 11.1 cm (7 1/2 × 4 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.), 13 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsRow of 3 punched dots at edge on inside of cuff wrist.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.570

DescriptionSteel, for left hand of youth. One piece tubular boxish cuff once riveted closed at inner wrist; now held with modern screw. Slightly flared cuff with barely preceptible point at top center, medial rib. File-roped edge with row of steel-domed rivets in recessed band. Cuff also flares out slightly at thumb. Thumb defense lost, once fitted to bracket-cut edge of cuff at inside wrist. Slight medial ridge leading up the middle of the thumb. 3 metacarpal lames, with steel-domed rivets & modern screws at sides. Knuckle plate is boxed over knuckles & shaped to bases of fingers. The base of each finger is bracket-cut, with small flattened steel rivets for lost finger scales. Lames each have incised line along the proximal edge.
ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins on September 28, 1929 from estate of Bashford Dean (Riverdale, NY). Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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