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Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) Belonging to an Armor for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania
Kunz Lochner
ca. 1555; probably repainted and eye guards restored later
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Iranian
16th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German, Augsburg
ca. 1545
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Japanese
16th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
16th century
Jousting Armor (Rennzeug) and Matching Half-Shaffron
German, probably Dresden or Annaberg
ca. 1580–90
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
ca. 1550
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Dutch
ca. 1620
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Japanese
18th century
Top Half of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
16th century
Lining for a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
North German
1550–60
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
16th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
15th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Italian
16th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Henry II of France, When Dauphin
Romain des Ursins
ca. 1490–1500, redecorated 1539
Blind Shaffron
Lorenz Helmschmid
ca. 1485–90
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Pair of Ear Guards from a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German, probably Augsburg
ca. 1525–30
Shaffron
Indian, possibly Deccan
17th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Central Asian
ca. 5th–7th century
Shaffron in 16th Century Milanese Style
Italian, Milan
probably 18th–19th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) with arms of the Freyberg family
German, probably Landshut
ca. 1540
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German, Augsburg
ca. 1570–80
"Blind" Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) for the Joust
German
ca. 1490; rondel, late 19th century
Side Plate of Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
16th century
Shaffron of Maximilian I
Conrad Seusenhofer
1513
Half-Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Italian, probably Milan
ca. 1570–80
Top Half of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
ca. 1550–60
Shaffron of Philip I
Antoine van Ghindertaelen
ca. 1505
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Romain des Ursins
ca. 1480–95; ear guards, eye guards, and plume holder, 19th century restorations
Shaffron (Head Defense) for a Camel
Turkish
possibly 17th century
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
ca. 1550
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Turkish
17th century
Top Half of Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
ca. 1550
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
Turkish or Iranian
early 16th century
Lower Half of a Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German
ca. 1560
Crinet Plate and Shaffron Belonging to an Armor for Field and Tournament Made for Duke Nikolaus "The Black" Radziwill (1515–1565), Duke of Nesvizh and Olyka, Prince of the Empire, Grand Chancellor and Marshal of Lithuania
Kunz Lochner
ca. 1555; probably repainted and eye guards restored later
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German, Augsburg
ca. 1580
Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense) of Ottheinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502–1559)
German, probably Nuremberg
dated 1529
Half-Shaffron (Horse's Head Defense)
German, possibly Brunswick
ca. 1553