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ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A DECORATIVE FULL ARMOUR IN GERMAN EARLY 16TH CENTURY 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bright steel, comprising close-helmet with fluted skull and low roped comb, fluted visor, bevor shaped to the chin, and hollow roped flange to rotate on the gorget, gorget of three plates front and rear, cuirass comprising globose breast-plate with moveable arm-gussets and folding lance-rest, two-piece back-plate shaped to the shoulders and with culet of two plates, skirt of three plates shaped to the fork and bearing tassets of four-plates each, full arm defences including pauldrons each with applied haute-piece, mitten gauntlets, and full leg harnesses each with square-toed sabaton, the principle plates fluted throughout and with roped edges, on a stand with wooden base, and with a decorative military hand-and-a-half broadsword in German 16th century style with double-edged fullered blade, blackened guard with upper and lower side-rings, swelled leather-covered grip, and flattened squared pommel incised with foliage, the pommel possibly 16th century (2)
ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE ATELIER OF ERNST SCHMIDT, MUNICH, LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of bright steel, comprising close-helmet with fluted skull and low roped comb, fluted visor, bevor shaped to the chin, and hollow roped flange to rotate on the gorget, gorget of three plates front and rear, cuirass comprising globose breast-plate with moveable arm-gussets and folding lance-rest, two-piece back-plate shaped to the shoulders and with culet of two plates, skirt of three plates shaped to the fork and bearing tassets of four-plates each, full arm defences including pauldrons each with applied haute-piece, mitten gauntlets, and full leg harnesses each with square-toed sabaton, the principle plates fluted throughout and with roped edges, on a stand with wooden base, and with a decorative military hand-and-a-half broadsword in German 16th century style with double-edged fullered blade, blackened guard with upper and lower side-rings, swelled leather-covered grip, and flattened squared pommel incised with foliage, the pommel possibly 16th century (2)
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