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PERHAPS LATE 17TH CENTURY, SOUTH GERMAN
Details
A CHASTITY BELT
Perhaps late 17th Century, South German
Constructed of hinged plates of steel, the two main plates pierced and engraved with symmetrical designs of scrollwork, the borders pierced with holes for the attachment of a cloth covering, the front plate pierced and engraved with a heart pierced by two arrows, the two padlocks of later date
10¼in. high
Perhaps late 17th Century, South German
Constructed of hinged plates of steel, the two main plates pierced and engraved with symmetrical designs of scrollwork, the borders pierced with holes for the attachment of a cloth covering, the front plate pierced and engraved with a heart pierced by two arrows, the two padlocks of later date
10¼in. high
Provenance
Mrs. A. Hamilton Rice, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 October 1965, lot 80