Right Cowter (elbow guard)
Culture
Southern German
Date1530–1540
Mediumetched steel
Dimensions24.5 × 21 × 12 cm (9 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.), 1 lb 2 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1138.6
DescriptionHandsome pair of Maximilian cowters.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
