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THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY
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Third quarter of the 16th Century
Comprising heavy one-piece comb morion, the base of the skull bordered by lining-rivets with rosette-shaped washers, the brim struck with an indecipherable mark, almain-collar comprising a main plate and two neck-plates at front and rear, pivoted on the left and with short spaudlers of two plates each, cuirass comprising back-plate with culet of one plate, and breast-plate with prominent central point, moveable gussets and prominent roped turns at neck and arms, skirt of three plates, and short rectangular tassets of four plates each, the main edges turned and roped and bordered by pairs of holes for lining stitches, the surfaces throughout with raised plain bands and borders, all bright against a black ground (many leathers broken): on wooden stand
Third quarter of the 16th Century
Comprising heavy one-piece comb morion, the base of the skull bordered by lining-rivets with rosette-shaped washers, the brim struck with an indecipherable mark, almain-collar comprising a main plate and two neck-plates at front and rear, pivoted on the left and with short spaudlers of two plates each, cuirass comprising back-plate with culet of one plate, and breast-plate with prominent central point, moveable gussets and prominent roped turns at neck and arms, skirt of three plates, and short rectangular tassets of four plates each, the main edges turned and roped and bordered by pairs of holes for lining stitches, the surfaces throughout with raised plain bands and borders, all bright against a black ground (many leathers broken): on wooden stand