Left Pauldron
Dateabout 1580
Mediumsteel with etching and gilding, iron, brass, leather fragments and modern leather with restorations
Dimensions2 lb 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsOld painted accession number.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.660.6
DescriptionSmall, symmetrical, of five lames each. Rounded form, cut out at armpit. Upper lame with modern buckle for collar leather. Edges rolled, roped. Upper edges of lames slightly mitered. Face of central lame with flattened stud, probably for the attachment of a besague via a slotted strap. Articulate on sliding rivets at posterior edge, and three internal leathers. Etched borders, strip down rear of central lame, flange at armpit rear; repeated S transversely along edge of lames.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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