Lance Rest
Culture
Northwestern European
Dateearly 1900s
Mediumsteel
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1156.17
DescriptionThis is of the vertically-folding type, on a rounded and cusped irregularly-trapezoidal plate, itself vertically pierced with a pair of threaded holes. The screws have thick, slotted heads, and are associated. One of the square, mitered nuts is lacking. The rest seems to have been incorrectly mounted onto its base in recent years; an alignment dot on each is 180 degrees out of alignment. The pivot is repaired, with a modern pin and washer. The rest's faces are incised with 9/10 pairs of obliquely-cut lines. At the pivot are indications of a surface blackened by a heat-and-oil treatment.Provenance(Armor only) No provenance prior to Andrade. Purchased by John W Higgins from Cyril Andrade, Ltd (London) on 5 October 1929. Given to the Armory on 10 December 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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Southern German
about 1550
Desiderius Helmschmid
about 1552
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
