Composite Half Armor

Culture Italian , Milan and perhaps Brescia

Date1560–1590

Mediumetched steel with brass and traces of blackening and gilding

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.1133

DescriptionConsists of morion-cabasset, having unusual medallions and perhaps from Brescia, 1580-90; breastplate (Milanese, 1585-90); and pauldrons (not a pair, Milanese, 1570-80). No backplate.The terminal lame of the largely restored fauld is signed within, on the left end, reading in part "Ce (?) bande No 1/ No 3 et No 4/made. . .graving by. . .". This is so much like the other restorations present in the armor, signed by Sylvain Marchat of Paris, 1912, that they must be by the same hand.ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins from Liberty & Co. (London) on May 4, 1930. Given to the Museum on December 15, 1931.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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