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19TH CENTURY
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AN ETCHED FULL ARMOUR IN LATE 16TH CENTURY
19TH CENTURY
Comprising close helmet applied with an additional plate rivetted over the brow, two articulated lames at the nape, pivoted visor, upper- and lower-bevors, and single neck lame front and rear, gorget of two lames with pickadils, breast-plate of peascod form fitted with moveable gussets at the arms and carrying a pair of five-lame tassets, matching back-plate with detachable skirt of four lames, a pair of full arm defences including mitten-gauntlets, a pair of full leg defences, and a circular shield, decorated throughout with a pattern of overlapping fleur-de-lys and palmette scales within ribbon and foliage borders (the breast-plate and tassets with differing borders), the breast-plate involving a pair of griffins below the neck, and with turned roped edges throughout (some straps broken, sold without a stand).
19TH CENTURY
Comprising close helmet applied with an additional plate rivetted over the brow, two articulated lames at the nape, pivoted visor, upper- and lower-bevors, and single neck lame front and rear, gorget of two lames with pickadils, breast-plate of peascod form fitted with moveable gussets at the arms and carrying a pair of five-lame tassets, matching back-plate with detachable skirt of four lames, a pair of full arm defences including mitten-gauntlets, a pair of full leg defences, and a circular shield, decorated throughout with a pattern of overlapping fleur-de-lys and palmette scales within ribbon and foliage borders (the breast-plate and tassets with differing borders), the breast-plate involving a pair of griffins below the neck, and with turned roped edges throughout (some straps broken, sold without a stand).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium