Germany, Augsburg / c. 1560 (some modern)
Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Left Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace) as arms and armor (Germany, Augsburg · c. 1560 (some modern)).
Small-scale suits of armor would help prepare a young boy for knighthood.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this arms and armor as etched and lightly embossed steel with traces of gilding, leather.
The museum's collection notes: These elements once belonged to a full suit of armor that would have been made for a young boy. Decorated with etching, embossing, and gilding, the original suit would have been impressive. Dressing your sons in small custom suits of armor was popular with the wealthiest nobles. They would have been worn for parades and ceremonial occasions and once outgrown were often kept as mementos. Made for the left arm, the rerebrace or upper cannon protected the upper arm, the couter the elbow, and the lower cannon the forearm.
FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE
The Cleveland Museum of ArtLeft Arm Elements from a Boy's Armor (Lower Cannon, Couter, Rerebrace)Original explanation based on the sources above. Images carry their own reuse terms.