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Title:Buffe
Date:16th century
Culture:German, Bavaria
Medium:Steel, gold
Dimensions:H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 3.7 oz. (1010 g)
Classification:Armor Parts-Buffes
Credit Line:Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Object Number:14.25.662
A. Hebray, Paris (until 1838; Armures, armes défensives et offensives, meubles et curiosités diverses du moyen-âge, composant la collection de M. le Docteur A. Hebray, Bonnefons-de-Lavialle, Paris, January 29, 1838, no. 55); John Walker Baily, London (until d. 1873; by descent to his son and executor, Walker); Walker Baily (1873–1881; sold together with the entire Baily collection of arms and armor, for £450, to de Cosson); Charles Alexander de Cosson, London (1881–1893; Armour and Arms of the Baron de Cosson, Christie, Manson, & Woods, London, May 2, 1893, no. 108, for £31, to Harding for Riggs); William H. Riggs, Paris (1893–1913; his gift to MMA).
London. The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. "Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail," June 3–June 16, 1880.
London. South Kensington Museum. "Exhibition of the de Cosson Collection," 1891–93.
British Archaeological Association. "Obituary for John Walker Baily." In The Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Vol. 30. London: British Archaeological Association, 1874.
Burges, W., and Charles A. de Cosson. Catalogue of the Exhibition of Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail. London: The Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1881.
de Cosson, Charles A. Ancient Helmets and Examples of Mail: A Catalogue of the Objects Exhibited in the Rooms of the Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, June 3rd–16th 1880. London: The Institute, 1881. p. 52, no. 31, pl. II, fig. 27.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Armour and Arms, or, Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Armour and Arms Formed by That Well-Known Connoisseur, The Baron de Cosson, F.S.A., Which Has Been On Loan to the South Kensington Museum for the Last Two Years. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, May 2–3, 1893.
Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus. Kunstschätze aus Schloss Mainberg. Berlin: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus.
Cripps-Day, Francis Henry. A Record of Armour Sales, 1881–1924. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1925.
von Reitzenstein, Alexander Freiherr. "Der Ringlersche Harnisch des Pfalzgrafen Ottheinrich." Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums 1964 pp. 51, 54, fig. 14, ill.
Grip attributed to Joseph Deutschmann (German, Imst 1717–1787 Passau)
ca. 1740
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