Shaffron

ca. 1525–50

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 379

The shaffron (defense for the horses's head) is engraved with arabesques of a type suggesting an Ottoman Turkish origin between about 1525 and 1550.

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Title: Shaffron
Date: ca. 1525–50
Culture: probably Turkish
Medium: Steel, iron, leather
Dimensions: H. approx. 25 in. (63.5 cm)
Classification: Armor for Horse and Man
Credit Line: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932
Object Number: 32.75.248e
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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