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Lance Rest

Date19th–20th century

Mediumsteel

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.1166.18

DescriptionAttached to the right side of the breastplate, adjacent to the lower end of the arm-opening, by two large rivets with domed octofoil heads, is a modern, folding lance-rest. The LANCE-REST has a D-shaped base-plate which is file-roped at its inner edge and shaped with an elaborate ogee profile at its outer edge. Riveted at its center is a sturdy rectangular block from which the lance-rest proper issues, the junction of the two elements taking the form of a three-barreled hinge with a sturdy vertical pivot. The upward-curving arm of the rest proper is of tapering triangular section decorated with single filed lines proximally and distally. The holes in the main plate of the breastplate that now serve to secure the lance-rest are the upper and lower of a vertical line of four such holes. The two vacant holes are threaded to receive screws. It is likely that the upper and lower holes were similarly threaded. The lance-rest would therefore have been detachable (rather than fixed as now) and probably adjustable in height through the use of alternative holes.
ProvenanceStadtrath Richard Zschille (Grossenhain, Saxony) Oliver H.P. Belmont (New York and Newport) Clarence H. Mackay (died 1939) Purchased by Museum on April 1, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay, dealer's no. A-41/114. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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