Pair of Stirrups
These stirrups, due to their small size, may have been made for a child. The brass foil covering the iron, when new, would have given them a shiny golden aspect.
Still recalling the shape of the examples made throughout all the 15th century, they are typical of the stirrups made in eastern Germany and Austria. The scale motif at the top is inspired by the decoration found on late Medieval Bohemian spurs and stirrups.
Still recalling the shape of the examples made throughout all the 15th century, they are typical of the stirrups made in eastern Germany and Austria. The scale motif at the top is inspired by the decoration found on late Medieval Bohemian spurs and stirrups.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of Stirrups
- Date: ca. 1500
- Culture: German
- Medium: Iron, copper alloy
- Dimensions: Stirrup (a); H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm); D. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Wt. 10.5 oz. (297.7 g); stirrup (b); H. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); W. 4 in. (10.2 cm); D. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Wt. 8.1 oz. (229.6 g)
- Classification: Equestrian Equipment-Stirrups
- Credit Line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
- Object Number: 14.25.1764a, b
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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German, probably Nuremberg
ca. 1500
Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1525
Kunz Lochner
dated 1549
Heinrich Heid von Winterthur
dated 1460
German
ca. 1520
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