Left Gusset for Breastplate

Culture Northern German

Date1550–1575

Mediumsteel

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.79.1.3.2

DescriptionEngrailed and etched as with the rest of the suit. There are 2 holes for attaching to the breastplate. A modern buckle has been added at the top for securing to the backplate.
ProvenanceHollingworth Magniac collection (England; to 1892) Joseph Duveen (NYC and London) Oliver H.P. Belmont (NYC and Newport, RI) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, LI). Purchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Armor was numbered #A-52/302 in the Mackay collection. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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