Gorget
Dateabout 1580
Mediumsteel with etching and gilding, iron, brass, leather fragments and modern leather with restorations
Dimensions2 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Markingspainted accession number on interior.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.660.2
DescriptionFour lames each, front and rear, working on three internal leathers each. Apparently altered to accommodate a larger neck. Terminal plates with single "V"-shaped nicks on each. Hinged on proper left of upper lame, pivoted on proper left of terminal lame. Etching en suite with breastplate.Configuration for assembly with cuirass is poor, probably associated, or restored (perhaps with some original components).
Provenance(Possibly) Herberstein family, Eggenberg Castle (possibly) M. Bachereau (Paris) Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont (NYC) ex-collection Mr. Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, L.I.). Purchased by the Museum through Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for the estate of Clarence H. Mackay on 1 April 1940. Their number A-14/104. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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