Composite Three-Quarter Armor for Heavy Cavalry

Culture Austrian or

Culture Southern German

Date1600–1625

Mediumsteel, brass, traces of original leathers, modern paint

Dimensions41 lb 11 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsOther numbers, painted: 6, 90, 108, 96, 97 & upper-case letter M, H, all within various elements.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.1172

DescriptionBlack-painted, composite 3/4 steel armor having closed BURGONET with barred visor & riveted fall, low comb & gorget plates. Long BREASTPLATE (probably restored) without lance rest, with shallow curved neck, sharp medial ridge full-length, deep-crested belly, & strong inward turns; only neck is roped. Laminated FAULD with 3 straps per side for tassets. BACKPLATE slightly bossed for shoulderblades, & with shallow basal flange having turned edge followed by rivets. TASSETS to knees, each of 12 lames including poleyns (L partially restored). Nearly round-shouldered PAULDRONS, somewhat asymmetrical, with buckle at top & buckle-and-strap below. VAMBRACES with 2-piece rotating upper cannons, riveted "bracelet" cowters & hinged lower cannons of slightly "tulip" form; not quite a pair. Fingered GAUNTLETS with pointed cuffs, bordered by rivets, those of right with brass caps; not quite a pair.
ProvenanceArchduke Eugen's Armory, Festung Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria to Dec. 1926 purchased by John W. Higgins on March 1, 1927 from Anderson Galleries (NY), their # 104. Given to the Museum on December 15, 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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