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Gorget
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Gorget

Dateabout 1600
Mediumsteel and brass with modern leather and paint
Dimensions17 × 35 × 27 cm (6 11/16 × 13 3/4 × 10 5/8 in.), 2 lb 2 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1171.1
DescriptionAltered from an almain collar.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
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Southern German
1570–1575
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Southern German
about 1600
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Southern German
about 1525–1530
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Southern German
about 1580
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German
17th century, with 19th century restorations
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German
about 1515–1530
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Southern German
about 1565–1570
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Southern German
about 1565–1570
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Southern German
late 1800s
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Southern German
1500s
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German
1550–1625