Mitten Gauntlet for the Left Hand

Unknown

ca. 1500 · Steel · Arms and Armor

The cuff is engraved with a mark that was put on objects deposited in Ottoman arsenals, indicating that this gauntlet was captured by the Turks during a conflict with European forces.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1500

Medium

Steel

Culture

German or Austrian

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929