Identify a harness??

[Shrek]

Does anybody know details of the harness this back plate belongs to? More photos?, which collection?, is it a composite? ... I need this data for the purpose of Interpretive Re-creation.

[Otto von Teich]

I don't know where its located, but its German, I believe about mid 16th cent. Looks like a Nuremberg mark on the upper left. The Spaulders don't quite match, the left one might be a restoration. Hope this helps, maybe someone else can chime in with more info.

[Johann ColdIron]

Looks German to me. It could be a half a mark of Nuremburg but hard to see.

At a minimum mismatched spaulders as sharp eyed Otto said. Mid 16th cent likely due to the straight top of the back plate and the corresponding long gorget back plate. Cullet may be "Associated". The cullet roping is slightly different to the rest of the hems. It is really flat at the back which is unusual. The crack repair may have been a result of heavy handed reconstruction.

Was there any info at Alamy?

[Ian L]

tineye reverse image search keeps linking this backplate to an old version of the website belonging to the Art Institute of Chicago, specifically backplate 1982.2240 (c1520 Nuremberg) but the current entry for that backplate no longer has an image displayed with it...

[Tom B.]

I think that it was previously displayed in this configuration (2014)

[Galileo]

I think that it was previously displayed in this configuration (2014)

Tom, your link doesn't work.