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
Object type: Crinet plate and shaffron
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: German, Nuremberg
Artist: Kunz Lochner
Artist bio: German, Nuremberg, 1510–1567
Artist role: Armorer
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1555; probably repainted and eye guards restored later
Medium: Steel, brass, gold, paint
Dimensions: crinet plate: L. 13 7/8 in. (35.5 cm); H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Wt. 9 oz. (261 g); shaffron: H. 23 1/4 in. (59 cm); W. 13 1/4 in. (33.6 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 8 oz. (2034 g)
Classification: Armor for Horse
Geography:  Nuremberg     
Credit line: 14.25.854: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913; 21.42: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession year: 1914