Left Vambrace
Culture
Northwestern European
Dateabout 1615
Mediumsteel and brass
Dimensions48.9 cm (19 1/4 in.), 2 lb 13 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1156.7
DescriptionSeem to belong to the pauldrons. These are formed of a rotating upper-cannon of two sections, the embossed race lightly file-marked. On the outer face of the upper half are two overlapping, pivoted lames with an upper edge turned and file-marked and bordered with four flattened, brass rivets, lacking the leather tab probably once fitted. The outer face of the upper half is also fitted with a turning-pin that engages the pauldron terminal lame, and a leather loop is riveted onto the inner face for the transverse strap. The lower half of the cannon has a rounded, unturned and file-marked elbow cavity. The attached closed "bracelet" couters are of a single lame each above and below the central lame with roundedly pointed elbow. On the face of each is the incised line decoration. The inner-elbow edges of the central lame are inwardly turned over a wire and roped lightly.
The lower cannon of two halves is riveted to the couter, and is secured with a pair of hinges (not a set) on the inner face and a modern pivot-hooked peg engaging a hole on the outer face. Both halves are mounted with an associated dome-headed stud.
Provenance(Armor only) No provenance prior to Andrade. Purchased by John W Higgins from Cyril Andrade, Ltd (London) on 5 October 1929. Given to the Armory on 10 December 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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