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Escutcheon Plate with the Device of Ottheinrich, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1502–1559), ca. 1525
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. ( cm); W. 5 3/8 in. ( 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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