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Backplate from a Brigandine
Italian
15th century

probably German

ca. 1540–60

Mattheus Frauenpreis the Elder

ca. 1550

Jörg Sorg the Younger

ca. 1550–55; some etched decoration, possibly 19th century; lowest lame, 1932

Italian

ca. 1480

German

15th century

Traveling clock with alarm and calendar
Joseph Paulet
ca. 1700–1710

Italian

ca. 1625

German

ca. 1510–25

Parikara (Backplate)
India (Gujarat)
dated 1449

Portions of a Cuirass
Turkish
late 16th–17th century

Reinforcing Backplate for a Stechzeug

South German

late 15th–early 16th century

Italian

ca. 1450

Backplate
German
16th century

Italian

ca. 1480

Backplate
Francesco Negroli
ca. 1505–10

Backplate
Hans Prunner
ca. 1485–95

German

ca. 1525

Backplate
Italian
ca. 1450

Backplate for a Boy

German

ca. 1570

German or Austrian

ca. 1475–85

German

ca. 1510–20

Italian

ca. 1480

Backplate
German
ca. 1475

Backplate of an Armor for Vincenzo Luigi di Capua (d. 1627)
Pompeo della Cesa
ca. 1595