Breastplate
Culture
German
Dateportions early 1500s
Mediumsteel and leather
DimensionsMeasurements with fauld and tassets: 60 × 41 × 18 cm (23 5/8 × 16 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.), 8 lb 8 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1174.3
DescriptionConsists of mainplate, waistplate, gussets (with buckles for shoulder straps; L gusset associated), fauld of 4 lames, tassets of 4 lames each. L tasset restored. Restored lance-rest.Etched decoration on chest, R gusset, fork of fauld, and bottom edge of tassets; aside from the restoration of the L tasset, the etching appears to go together. See photos in digital file.
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.
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Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
