Right Vambrace
Culture
Southern German
Date1600–1630
Mediumsteel with modern leather and paint
DimensionsMeasurements with Pauldron: 71 × 31 × 26 cm (27 15/16 × 12 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.), 6 lb 6 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1171.8
DescriptionThe arms seem to be a pair. Pauldrons of mainplate with 5 lames above, 5 below; upper cannon with turner; closed cowter with 2 lames above and 2 below; lower cannon of 2 halves. Decorated with recessed borders, double incised lines; edges turned over wire, without roping.ProvenancePurchased by Museum on November 9, 1940 from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. (NYC), agents for estate of Clarence H. Mackay. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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