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Gorget
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Gorget

Dateportions about 1520
Mediumsteel and leather
Dimensions18 × 37 × 25 cm (7 1/16 × 14 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.), 2 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1174.2
ProvenanceClarence H. Mackay (d. 1939).
Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealer's no. A-30/112.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
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Southern German
about 1580
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German
about 1515–1530
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German
1620–1625
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German
1620–1625
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German
1590–1610
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Southern German
late 1800s
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Northern German
modern
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Southern German
about 1600
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Southern German
about 1525–1530, with decoration about 1805
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Southern German
1570–1575
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German
probably late 1800s, in the style of 1550–1575