Bracket for Helmet ("Rennhut")
Artist
workshops of Wolf and Peter von Speyer
, or (Germany)
Artist
Wolf Peppinghorn
(Saxony, Germany)
Dateabout 1700
Mediumiron with black paint
Dimensions42 × 5.5 cm (16 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.), 11 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1154.1.2
DescriptionOf square iron stock. One end is beaten out into a loop for the bolt on the backplate; the other is split into a fork with spatulate ends transversely pierced for a bolt and wing-nut to secure it to the transverse hole in the comb of the sallet. Crude in execution compared to other components.ProvenanceDresden "Rüstkammer" Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (to 1925) Clarence H. Mackay (Roslyn, L.I.) (his A-31). Purchased by the Armory on 27 July 1939 at Mackay sale, Christie's (London), lot 54 (with shaffron HAM# 2550). Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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