Lance Rest
Culture
German
Dateabout 1525–1530
Mediumsteel, iron, and leather
Dimensions11 × 7 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.), weight with breastplate
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.111.13
DescriptionAssociated. Folds upwards. The entire assembly has been apart; the rest might be composited from separate components.ProvenanceEx-collection of Stadtrath Richard Zschille, Privy Counsellor of Grossenhain in Saxony. Purchased through Messrs. Tiffany & Co. by Oliver H.P. Belmont, from whose widow it was purchased by Clarence H. Mackay. Purchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Purchase price of $15,000 included all numbers associated with HAM#2604. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
Southern German
about 1550
