A LEFT-HAND REINFORCING GAUNTLET FOR THE TILT, comprising a main plate covering the back of the hand from the bases of the fingers and flaring out into a long bell-shaped cuff, boxed to for narrow sides, the inner one shaped over the thumb, medial ridge with central piercing for attachment, and short articulated finger-plate (probably associated) with narrow recessed border and half turn, early 16th Century, probably Italian | Christie's

Lot 74

A LEFT-HAND REINFORCING GAUNTLET FOR THE TILT, comprising a main plate covering the back of the hand from the bases of the fingers and flaring out into a long bell-shaped cuff, boxed to for narrow sides, the inner one shaped over the thumb, medial ridge with central piercing for attachment, and short articulated finger-plate (probably associated) with narrow recessed border and half turn, early 16th Century, probably Italian

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A LEFT-HAND REINFORCING GAUNTLET FOR THE TILT, comprising a main plate covering the back of the hand from the bases of the fingers and flaring out into a long bell-shaped cuff, boxed to for narrow sides, the inner one shaped over the thumb, medial ridge with central piercing for attachment, and short articulated finger-plate (probably associated) with narrow recessed border and half turn, early 16th Century, probably Italian
12in.

Lot Essay

Compare the gauntlet with the parts of the North Italian tournament armour of circa 1531 made for Federico II, Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammen, Vienna, No. A III

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