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Gorget
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Gorget

Culture German
Date1550–1625
Mediumsteel and brass
Dimensions13 × 28 × 23 cm (5 1/8 × 11 × 9 1/16 in.), 2 lb (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1168.2
DescriptionAltered from an almain collar.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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German
about 1515–1530
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Southern German
about 1600
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Southern German
1570–1575
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Austrian
early 1600s
Gorget from an almain collar
Stefan Rormoser
1554–1556
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Southern German
late 1800s
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Southern German
about 1525–1530
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Valentin Siebenbürger
about 1515–1530
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Northwestern European
late 1500s–early 1600s