Left Cowter (elbow guard)
Culture
Southern German
Date1530–1540
Mediumetched and blackened steel
Dimensions25.5 × 21 × 13 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.), 2 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1138.5
DescriptionHandsome pair of Maximilian cowters. Of one piece, fluted over the point of the elbow; recessed border with etching; inwardly turned edge with roping.Label TextThese elbow-guard embodies the masterful metalwork of the Maximilian style. It combines rippled, plain and etched surfaces with complex contours in a tour-de-force of craftsmanship.ProvenanceEx-collection Princes Radziwill Bashford Dean Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, LI) Purchased by Museum on July 18, 1939 from Jacques Seligmann & C0. (NYC), agents for the estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Northern German
1540–1560
