Left Greave and Sabaton
Culture
German
Date19th century
Mediumsteel with etching and gilding, iron, brass, leather fragments and modern leather with restorations
Dimensions2 lb 7 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsInterior painted accession number, spot of white paint. Stamped assembly marks inside both sabatons.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.660.14
DescriptionRestored. Hinged on outer face, secured with pivot-hooks and pierced studs. Sabaton of eight articulating lames with embossed, roped edges. Broad toe cap embossed with a transverse ridge on upper face. Lower edges of rear and posterior of front plate of greave are etched with recurving coiled foliate tendrils. Transverse, repeated S border on sabaton lames. Central bands are en suite with cuirass, tassets.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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Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
about 1590–1600