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Image	Title of Work of Art	Artist or Culture of Origin	Date or Style or Period	Materials and Techniques	Accession Number	Collection
	Pair of Tournament Pauldrons	Lorenz Helmschmid	ca. 1500	Steel	29.156.67h,j	Arms and Armor
	Ex coll.: Bashford Dean, New York, Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1929
	Parade helmet		possibly early 17th century	Gilt copper	1995.68	Arms and Armor
	From the Collection of Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, Bequest of Nina Bunshaft, 1994
	Parade helmet à l'antique		ca. 1620–30	Steel, brass, paint, and textile	1997.341	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange, 1997
	Parade Helmet in Hispano-Moresque Style		late 15th–early 16th century	Steel, gold, silver, cloisonné enamel	1983.413	Arms and Armor
	From the Lord Astor of Hever Collection Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift, 1983
	Parade shield		late 16th century	Wood, leather, iron, silver, varnish, an...	42.50.31	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
	Parrying dagger (pugnale bolognese)		ca. 1550–75	Partly gilt steel, brass, and wood	26.145.94	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New Yo...
	Pommel plate		ca. 1580	Steel and gold	29.171	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1929
	Portions of a Costume Armor	Kolman Helmschmid	ca. 1525	Steel, embossed, etched, and gilded	24.179,26.188.1,2	Arms and Armor
	Backplate and rump defense: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1924; Arms: Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness Fund, 1926
	Powder flask		ca. 1575	Iron, gold, textile	2008.638.1	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2008
	Powder flask		late 17th century	Ivory, silver-gilt, steel	2007.479.2	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Bernice and Jerome Zwanger, 2007
	Presentation coin (Doppelguldiner)	Ulrich Ursentaler	1517	Silver	26.261.14	Arms and Armor
	Gift of George D. Pratt, 1926
	Presentation Smallsword	James Morisset	1798–99	Silver-gilt, enamel, paste jewels, steel	26.145.315	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New Yo...
	Presentation Sword	John Targee	ca. 1815–17	Gold, steel	22.19	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Francis P. Garvan, 1922
	Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony	Israel Schuech; Juan Martinez	1606	Steel, bronze-gilt with traces of enamel...	1970.77	Arms and Armor
	Fletcher Fund, 1970
	Rowel Spur		ca. 1400	Copper, gold, and enamel	14.25.1737	Arms and Armor
	Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
	Saber		16th century; Ottoman	Steel inlaid with gold, precious stones,...	36.25.1297	Arms and Armor
	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
	Saber		19th century; Ottoman period	Steel, gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls	23.232.2	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Giulia P. Morosini, in memory of her father, Giovanni P. Morosini, 1923
	Saber		Grip: Mughal period, 18th century Blade: Ottoman period, 19th century Guard: 19th century	Steel, nephrite, gold	36.25.1293	Arms and Armor
	Bequest of George C. Stone, 1936
	Saddle		15th century	Iron, gold, wood, and leather	2002.225	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2002
	Saddle		17th–18th century	Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, and t...	1997.214.1	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Rogers Fund and Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, 1997
	Saddle		ca. 1570–80	Wood, textiles, iron, leather, steel, an...	04.3.252	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1904 (04.3.252)
	Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head		1470–80	Steel, copper-gilt, glass, polychromy	23.141	Arms and Armor
	Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
	Set of saddle plates		ca. 1400	Iron, gold, lapis lazuli, turquoise	1999.118	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Gift of William H. Riggs, by exchange, and Kenneth and Vivian Lam Gift, 1999
	Shaffron		ca. 1540	Steel, pewter, leather, textile	14.25.1644	Arms and Armor
	Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
	Shaffron and crinet plate	Kunz Lochner	ca. 1555	Steel, etched, gilt, and painted; gilt b...	21.42,14.25.854	Arms and Armor
	Crinet plate: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
	Shaffron in the "Oriental" fashion		ca. 1560–70	Steel, brass, leather	14.25.1664	Arms and Armor
	Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
	Shaffron of Henry II of France when Dauphin	Attributed to Romain des Ursins	ca. 1490–1500, redecorated 1539	Steel, gold, brass	04.3.253	Arms and Armor
	Rogers Fund, 1904
	Shield	Girolamo da Treviso (attributed to)	ca. 1535	Wood, linen, gesso, gold leaf, polychrom...	42.50.16	Arms and Armor
	Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
	Shield of Henry II of France	Étienne Delaune (probably after)	ca. 1555	Steel, embossed and damascened with gold...	34.85	Arms and Armor
	Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
	Shirt of mail and plate		plates dated A.H. 1042 / 1632–33 A.D.	Iron, steel, gold, leather	2008.245	Arms and Armor
	Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2008

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