490908 Pommel plate of a saddle from the \'Flechtband\' garniture of Rudolf II and Archduke Ernst, Vienna, c.1571 (blued, etched & gilded steel) by Peffenhauser, Anton (c.1525-1603); 33x17.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: These plates, once part of a saddle, are from a tournament armour for man and horse made for the sons of Emperor Maximilian II, archdukes Rudolf and Ernst. Most of the remaining elements of this armour are still in the collections of the Imperial Armouries in Vienna. The decorative pattern (in the imperial colors of black and gold) forms elegant knots, with distinctive foliage and hop sprigs filling the loops.); Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance; German, out of copyright.