EditorialRectangle, gold (copper alloy). Two rectangular plates that are attached to each other with rivets. There is 0.1 cm space between the plates. With one of the plates two corners are cut off and the other corners on both plates are blunted. Belted, metal...
Editoriallarge piece of ax of gray quartzite (Grauwacke-like) with oval cross-section and flat top. Knocked in knocking technology, cutting surfaces on the cutting edge. Cut severely blunted (used as a stone?), Ax, stone, 9.2 x 6.8 cm, prehistoric -4000.
EditorialSack-Back Gown (robe ? la fran?aise) Dress Made of Printed Fabric, Ladies' Costume, 'demi-parure' of glazed printed cotton with delicately graceful pattern of vertical stripes and scattered bouquets, partially lined and sewn by hand. The suit, which is...
EditorialSiege of Amsterdam by Willem II, Prince of Orange-Nassau, One-sided square plaque with blunted corners and a hole in it. Front: inscription within laurel wreath and inscription. Reverse: blank., Amsterdam, Willem II (Prince of Orange), Netherlands, 165...
EditorialJousting Helm, ca. 1475?1500, Italian, Steel, H. 20 in. (50.8 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); D. 16 in. (40.6 cm); Wt. 19 lb. 5 oz. (8769 g), Helmets, Very little Italian tournament armor survives from the fifteenth century, making this helm very rare. I...
EditorialHelm for the Joust of Peace (Stechhelm), ca. 1500, probably Nuremberg, German, probably Nuremberg, Steel, copper alloy, H. 17 3/4 in. (45 cm); W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); D. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Wt. 17 lb. 14 oz. (8097 g), Helmets, The Stechhelm formed part ...
EditorialTournament Helm (Kolbenturnierhelm), 1450?1500, German, Steel, textile, leather, gesso, polychromy, H. 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); D. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); Wt. 12 lb. 10 oz. (5727 g), Helmets, This extremely rare helmet was intended ...
EditorialClose Helmet for the Tourney, late 16th century, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, brass, canvas, silk, H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); W. 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm); D. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Wt. 8 lb. (3629 g), Helmets, The tourney was a mock combat fought in an open fi...