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19TH CENTURY
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A composite part-armour in German 16th century style
19th century
Comprising close-helmet with three-piece skull and pierced visor, plume-holder, and two gorget-plates to the front and rear, the main surfaces incised with designs of scrollwork and foliage, breast-plate with attached skirt and five-lame tassets, etched throughout with scrollwork inhabited by monsters, and a pair of etched fingered gauntlets (4)
19th century
Comprising close-helmet with three-piece skull and pierced visor, plume-holder, and two gorget-plates to the front and rear, the main surfaces incised with designs of scrollwork and foliage, breast-plate with attached skirt and five-lame tassets, etched throughout with scrollwork inhabited by monsters, and a pair of etched fingered gauntlets (4)