Reinforcing Bevor
Artist
workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
, or (Germany)
Artist
Wolf Peppinghorn
(Saxony, Germany)
Dateabout 1590–1600
Mediumsteel and iron
Dimensions32 × 26 × 25 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 9 13/16 in.), 5 lb 12 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsMounting hole at neck of target identified with group of 4 punched dots around a fifth; similar group on hole in reinforcing bevor which also has single serial dot to left of middle hole in right row of mounting-holes; breastplate & its reinforce are identically marked to one another. There is single dot aligned with that noted above, 2 below hole below left armpit, 4 above top hole for lance-rest & 3 at hole below.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1175.17
DescriptionReinforcing bevor of one plate of robust steel. Ventilation door at R jaw. Surface of chin is pierced with breath-holes. There are 3 bolt holes on the chest each on L and R sides. The flange at the R has a dentated edge; there are signs of rehammering at the base of the flange. No extension-plates at sides. There is a threaded inset riveted at the neck on the left (marked with 5 dots). The smooth, riveted inset for the bolt on the face of the Rennhut has been relocated below the holes found near the upper edge. This is an old move.ProvenanceDresden Electoral Armory (possibly) Friedrich August III, King of Saxony Kahlert & Son (Berlin), their no. 87 William R. Hearst Clarence H. MacKay (Roslyn, L. I.) his A-32. Sold with shaffron HAM# 2586.2. Purchased by the Armory from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for the Mackay estate on 1 April 1940, their A-32/113. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, Janaury 2014.
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