Left Cuisse

Artist workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer , or Germany

Artist Wolf Peppinghorn Saxony, Germany

Dateabout 1590–1600

Mediumsteel, iron and leather

Dimensions39 × 20 × 15 cm (15 3/8 × 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.), 3 lb 5 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsRight cuisse has single nick mark on inner side edges of poleyn lames, with 2 nicks on each of left.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.1175.11

DescriptionConsists of thighplate with 1 lame above; kneeplate with 2 lames above, 2 below. A diamond-shaped recess is embossed on the kneeplate, with a roped ridge running top to bottom of the recess.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, January 2014.

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