Escutcheon Plate with the Device of Ottheinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502–1559), ca. 1525, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.2 cm); W. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Wt. 3 oz. (93 g), Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons, Initially intended to reinforce the shaffron in the vulnerable forehead region, escutcheon plates became increasingly decorative in the sixteenth century, providing a prominent surface for heraldic display, personal emblems, and devices
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Escutcheon Plate, Device, Ottheinrich, Count Palatine, Rhine, 1502–1559, ca, 1525, Augsburg, German, Steel, H, 5 1/4, 13.2 cm, W, 3/8, 13.7, Wt, 3 oz, 93 g, Equestrian Equipment-Shaffrons, Initially intended, reinforce, shaffron, vulnerable forehead, region, escutcheon plates, increasingly decorative, sixteenth century, providing, prominent surface, heraldic display, personal emblems, devices
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