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CIRCA 1550
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A PAIR OF GERMAN EXTENSION CUISSES
Circa 1550
Of bright steel with medial ridge and iron-headed rivets, each comprising a main plate with attached poleyn of a central plate with single articulated lame above, and two below, the central plate embossed with overlapping scales on the outer side and with heart-shaped side-wing with turned and roped border, the top and bottom plates each pierced for attachment and with turned and roped border (one cuisse of later date)
10in. (25.4cm.) (2)
Circa 1550
Of bright steel with medial ridge and iron-headed rivets, each comprising a main plate with attached poleyn of a central plate with single articulated lame above, and two below, the central plate embossed with overlapping scales on the outer side and with heart-shaped side-wing with turned and roped border, the top and bottom plates each pierced for attachment and with turned and roped border (one cuisse of later date)
10in. (25.4cm.) (2)