Gorget
Culture
German
Date1620–1625
Mediumsteel and paint with leather fragments
Dimensions11.5 × 29 × 29 cm (4 1/2 × 11 7/16 × 11 7/16 in.), 1 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Markings3 heart-like, triangular marks on the frontplate within, to left of center; above this at neck red-painted "N.16" (see right arm defense); on exterior near point to right of medial ridge is a stamped circle or crescent, and above and to right is an indistinct mark, perhaps an arsenal punch.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1148.2
DescriptionGorget is contemporary but not necessarily belonging. Consists of front and rear plates pivoted on domed rivet atop left shoulder & closed by stud & keyhole-slot on right. The frontplate is deep, curving down along its plain basal edge to a medial point. The rearplate is shaped to the tops of the shoulders and has rounded corners and a curved basal edge. Both plates have a neck opening that is beaten up in a low flange that has an inward turn over a wire core. At the sides of this flange are riveted the pauldron straps (that of the right is original). The exterior surface of both plates is rather rough and fire-blackened beneath the later paint.ProvenancePurchased by Museum from J. Gluckselig & Sohn (Vienna, Austria) on December 1, 1936. Paid $300 for lot HAM#s 2383-2387. Old record states this armor was dealer's number 28, and mentions another "tag 1145". Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, Janaury 2014.
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