Stirrup
Unknown
ca. 1520 · Iron, copper alloy · Arms and Armor
In the early 16th century, the fashion trend of wearing wide flaring shoes, called ‘bear paw’ style, was applied to armor as well. Consequently wider stirrups like this one were made to accommodate them. This fine example is adorned with brass ornaments, which would have shined like gold when new, a particularly popular decorative technique in German lands in the late 15th and early 16th century for spurs and stirrups. It is stamped with the maker's mark, a small bell.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1520
- Medium
- Iron, copper alloy
- Culture
- German
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1955
