15TH /EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN MAIL SHIRT, NUREMBERG
15^T^H /EARLY 16^T^H CENTURY
Constructed entirely of rivetted iron rings, with closed front extending over the upper thighs, the back finishing shorter over the base of the thighs, short arms, and the front carrying a brass-headed rivet cast with Nuremberg mark on a raised shield encircled by the inscription 'Nuremberg Statt' in miniscules (small losses throughout, sold without a stand).
Height 32½in (82.5cm)

Provenance

Harvey Murton, formerly Armorer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For an illustrated survey of mail with similarly marked rivets or plaques see Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen-und Kostümkunde, heft 4, September 1929, Walther Rose, Behörliche Beschau-, Sarwürcher- und Eigentümer-Marken auf Okzidentalischen Maschenpanzern. Cf. plates 3 and 4.

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