Backplate
Culture
German
, Nuremberg
Dateabout 1515–1530
Mediumsteel, brass and leather
Dimensions40 × 36 × 20 cm (15 3/4 × 14 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.), 4 lb 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
MarkingsNuremberg mark outside. Crescent with 6 dots mark inside; see digital file.
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1141.4
DescriptionMainplate with 2 flank plates riveted to the sides; waistplate; culet of 2 lames. Lacing holes at top center. R end of upper culet lame repaired. Culet lower lame has been altered, perhaps to turn it into a terminal lame.ProvenanceWilliam Randolph Hearst collection purchased by Museum from Parke-Bernet Galleries (NYC) on December 4, 1952, sale no. 1387, item no. 140. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
Michel Witz the Younger
about 1530
