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Detail, mark stamped on the right pauldron (shoulder defense)
Left view of sallet
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Title:Armor
Date:19th century and partially 15th century
Culture:German
Medium:Steel, leather
Dimensions:Wt. 48 lb. 13 oz. (22.14 kg); H. of helmet 8 1/2 in. (21 cm); Wt. of helmet 5 lb. (2268 g)
Classification:Armor for Man
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number:04.3.293a–t
Marking: Stamped on the right shoulder: ROM ROM below an orb, surmounted by a cross; stamped on the helmet three times with the Missaglia mark: a split-foot cross with the letters BG, BC, or BO; on the gorget plate of the buffe: one or two letters (unidentified) surmounted by a crown; also on the gorget plate: two marks consisting of two letters, possibly I and A, surmounted by a cross.
Jean-Baptiste Carrand, Lyon and Paris (until d. 1871; by descent to his son, Louis); [Louis Carrand, Lyon and Paris, 1871–before 1878; sold to Spitzer]; [Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by 1878–d. 1890; his estate, 1890–95; Armes et armures faisant partie de la collection Spitzer, Georges Petit, Paris, June 10–14, 1895, no. 1, for Fr. 51,000, to Dino]; Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (1895–1904; sold to MMA).
Paris. Palais du Trocadéro. "Exposition Universelle de 1878: L'Exposition Historique du Trocadéro," May 1–October 31, 1878 (lent by Spitzer, this armor?).
Bréban, Philibert. Livret-Guide du Visiteur à l'Exposition Historique du Trocadéro, edited by E. Dentu. Paris, 1878. p. 54, no. 6.
Spitzer, Frédéric. "Armes et Armures." In La Collection Spitzer: Antiquité--Moyen-Âge--Renaissance. Vol. VI. Paris: Maison Quantin, 1892. p. 1, no. 1, pl. 1.
Galerie Georges Petit. Catalogue des Armes et Armures Faisant Partie de la Collection Spitzer. Paris: Galerie Georges Petit, June 10–14 1895. no. 1, ill. (sold for 51,000 francs).
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. pp. 10–12, no. A.2, pl. 1.
Eudel, Paul. Trucs et Truqueurs: Altérations, Fraudes, et Contrefaçons Dévoilées. Paris: Librarie Molière, 1907. pp. 68–69.
Marcy, L., and Connaisseur. "Les Arts Aux Etas-Unis." Le Connaissuer (May 18, 1907), p. 4.
Marcy, L., and Connaisseur. "Les Arts Aux Etas-Unis." Le Connaissuer (May 25, 1907), p. 4.
Laking, Guy Francis, Charles Alexander Cosson, and Francis Henry Cripps-Day. A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuries. Vol. I. London: G. Bell & Sons, 1920. pp. 201–208, fig. 240, ill.
Mann, James G. "Die Mailänder Plattnermarke ROM (Fachnotizen)." Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen– und Kostümkunde, Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 12, n.s.v. 3 p. 302 (discusses armorer's mark ROM ROM).
Beard, Charles R. "'Too Good to be True': A Famous 'Gothic Armour' at New York." The Connoisseur (April 1932), pp. 219–225, ill.
Blair, Claude. "The Blithfield Sallet." The Archaeological Journal 111 (1954) pp. 160–167, fig. 1, ill.
Norman, A. V. B. "A Pauldron in the Scott Collection of Arms and Armour." The Scottish Art Review (1960), pp. 8–11, 30 (refers to MMA piece together with others bearing mark of ROM ROM).
Pyhrr, Stuart W., Donald J. La Rocca, and Dirk H. Breiding. The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480–1620. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. p. 33.
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