Weapons and horseback riding equipment
Iron and fire
The donation by the marquis Paolo Coccapani Imperiali (1898) constitutes almost the entirety of the weapons collection, which includes firearms, cold weapons and pole weapons, which are predominantly European and datable to the 15th through the 19th centuries.
Some examples attest to the expertise of the artisans who practiced in the Este Duchy from the 16th to 19th centuries, such as Piero Boentti, Giuseppe Bonfatti, Rinaldo Cavicchioli and Antonio Apparuti, also well known for his musical instrument making. The unique collection of bits, bridles and spurs from the 15th to 19th centuries (having belonged to Francesco Petermayer, riding instructor in the ducal stables in the first half of the 19th century) present a wide range of types and variants.
In the center of the room is the sulky made by the engraver Antonio Luigi Buttero. The lavish engravings with neoclassical motifs and the presence of the platform for the groom, suggest that this sulky was used for races or for representation purposes.