Spearhead
Datepossibly 500s-late 1000s
MediumIron
Dimensions27.5 × 3 × 1.8 cm (10 13/16 × 1 3/16 × 11/16 in.)
13 oz (weight)
13 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.163.1
DescriptionIron with pronounced grain. Elongated leaf shaped head, double edged & of flattened lozenge section with curved shoulders below. Tall closed conical integral socket welded up along one face, head appears to have been excavated and later ground down in order to be repolished. Head may well be medieval. Piece has been greatly reduced.ProvenanceAngelo Peyron (Florence, Italy) collection Purchased by Museum on November 4, 1954 from Savoy Art & Auction Galleries (NYC), sale no. 450, lot no. 37, included HAM#s 3065.1-5.
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
Not on view
possibly 500s-late 1000s
probably early 1900s
about 500s
Michel Witz the Younger
1530s
