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CIRCA 1580
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A GERMAN REINFORCING BREAST-PLATE, WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION IN THE 'PISAN' STYLE
circa 1580
Of burnished steel, for fitting over a peascod breast-plate, pierced with a series of holes for attachment bolts, two with raised lips attached from the inside, fitted with bracket for a lance-rest, (probably the original), decorated with bands of trophies, grotesques, animals and birds, and with bevelled edges.
16¼in (41.3cm)
circa 1580
Of burnished steel, for fitting over a peascod breast-plate, pierced with a series of holes for attachment bolts, two with raised lips attached from the inside, fitted with bracket for a lance-rest, (probably the original), decorated with bands of trophies, grotesques, animals and birds, and with bevelled edges.
16¼
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