Lance Rest
Culture
Southern German
Dateabout 1490
Mediumsteel and iron
Dimensions7 × 18 × 10 cm (2 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsThe rest is incised as the breast, and marked with the "crossed chevron" on the forward face of its curved arm.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1164.11
DescriptionThe lance-rest is of a one-piece squared block from which projects an octagonal-sectioned bracket terminating in a quadrangular, curved hook. This is supported by a curved, octagonal piece of stock riveted to the hook and block. The face of the block is pierced with a pair of holes, and has two others which have been filled in. The two bolts are like those securing the helm; the lower and its locking bar are post-1927 restorations not shown in the Kahlert photos.ProvenanceCounts Erbach-Erbach (Erbach in Odenwald) E. Kahlert und Sohn (Berlin) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, L.I) Purchased by the Armory from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. (NYC), agents for the Mackay estate, on 1 April 1940, as #A-43/120. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
On viewCurrent Location
- Exhibition Location Gallery 109
