Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Unknown
ca. 1570–80 · Steel, copper alloy, gold, leather · Arms and Armor
The fine quality of the hammer-work, the elegant form, and the decorative washers and plume-holder of brass are stylistic features pointing to an Augsburg origin. The shaffron probably was made to accompany a plain tournament armor of polished steel like one also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. nos. 29.154.1 and 14.25.689).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1570–80
- Medium
- Steel, copper alloy, gold, leather
- Culture
- German, Augsburg
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
