Right Greave and Sabaton
Artist
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. Stamped assembly marks inside both sabatons.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.660.15
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