Top two lames of a spaudler for right shoulder

An image of Armour. Top two lames of a spaudler for the right shoulder, for parade use, with 'puffed-and-slashed' decoration in imitation of civilian costume. Production Place: South Germany. Helmschmied, Koloman, armourer, possibly (German, 1470/71-1532). Consisting of two upward-overlapping lames of which the first is considerably deeper than the second and has a convex upper edge running into the lateral edges of the latter. This edge has a plain, partial inward turn accompanied by a recessed border decorated with an etched 'candelabrum' design on a plain, blackened ground. The first lame is decorated below this border with five, slender, vertical 'slashes' in imitation of those found on contemporary civilian costume. The upper edge of the second lame has a plain, partial, inward turn between the main borders at its outer ends. The lames were formerly connected to one another and to successive lames by brass-capped, round-headed rivets with irregular, internal washers at the rear, and by internal leathers secured to each lame by pairs of externally-flush rivets at the front and centre. All the rivets are preserved, but the rear rivet of the second lame lacks its brass cap. Both internal leathers are now missing. The inner end of the second lame is fitted with a decorative, brass-capped, round-headed rivet, occupying a construction-hole that aligns with the outer pair of rivets that formerly attached the front leather to the first lame. The apex of the first lame is pierced with a pair of circular lace-holes to attach it to the collar. The lames are bright with patches of medium to heavy patination overall. Hammered, shaped, riveted, with a recessed border and etched decoration on a blackened ground. Height, whole, 9.8 cm, maximum, width, whole, 18.3 cm, maximum, depth, whole, 6.5 cm, maximum, weight, whole, 0.097 kg, c. 1520. Provenance: From the armoury of the Princes Radziwill, Castle of Niescwiez, Poland.

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Armour. Top two lames of a spaudler for the right shoulder, for parade use, with 'puffed-and-slashed' decoration in imitation of civilian costume. Production Place: South Germany. Helmschmied, Koloman, armourer, possibly (German, 1470/71-1532). Consisting of two upward-overlapping lames of which the first is considerably deeper than the second and has a convex upper edge running into the lateral edges of the latter. This edge has a plain, partial inward turn accompanied by a recessed border decorated with an etched 'candelabrum' design on a plain, blackened ground. The first lame is decorated below this border with five, slender, vertical 'slashes' in imitation of those found on contemporary civilian costume. The upper edge of the second lame has a plain, partial, inward turn between the main borders at its outer ends. The lames were formerly connected to one another and to successive lames by brass-capped, round-headed rivets with irregular, internal washers at the rear, and by internal leathers secured to each lame by pairs of externally-flush rivets at the front and centre. All the rivets are preserved, but the rear rivet of the second lame lacks its brass cap. Both internal leathers are now missing. The inner end of the second lame is fitted with a decorative, brass-capped, round-headed rivet, occupying a construction-hole that aligns with the outer pair of rivets that formerly attached the front leather to the first lame. The apex of the first lame is pierced with a pair of circular lace-holes to attach it to the collar. The lames are bright with patches of medium to heavy patination overall. Hammered, shaped, riveted, with a recessed border and etched decoration on a blackened ground. Height, whole, 9.8 cm, maximum, width, whole, 18.3 cm, maximum, depth, whole, 6.5 cm, maximum, weight, whole, 0.097 kg, c. 1520. Provenance: From the armoury of the Princes Radziwill, Castle of Niescwiez, Poland.

Image data

Accession Number: M.1-X
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/45.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 96.28kB
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 45/1

Key words

16th Century armour etched etching Fitz_AA German hammered Koloman Helmschmied lames metalwork mottled patina patinated patination Renaissance riveted rivets spaulders steel

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2026)
            "Top two lames of a spaudler for right shoulder"
            Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-3003510222 Accessed: 2026-01-07 10:08:38

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-3003510222
            |title=Top two lames of a spaudler for right shoulder
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2026-01-07 10:08:38|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-214326

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa40/large_M_1_X_1_201705_sjc288_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Lames"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Top two lames of a spaudler for right shoulder</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>