CIRCA 1525-30, PROBABLY AUGSBURG

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A German Cowter For The Left Elbow
Circa 1525-30, probably Augsburg
Made from a single piece of bright steel, of bold slightly asymmetrical form, the smaller part towards the forearm, embossed with narrow ribs radiating to the narrow double recessed borders, roped turns along the edges and, in the centre, two holes for the rivets (missing) formerly securing leathers: on a wooden stand
9½in. (24.2cm.)

Provenance

J.F. Hayward

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Lot Essay

Cowters of similar form occur on the armour of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria (King of Bohemia and later Emperor Ferdinand I) made in 1526 by Kolman Helmschmied of Augsburg, inv. no. A 349 in the Hofjagd- und Leibrüstkammer, Vienna. See B. Thomas and O. Gamber, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, Katalog der Leibrüstkammer, I, p. 22, plate 115

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