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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A RARE TALPUR HALF-SUIT OF MASKED ARMOUR
KUTCH OR SINDH, INDIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE TALPUR HALF-SUIT OF MASKED ARMOUR
KUTCH OR SINDH, INDIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a helmet with mask, shoulder-length shirt and pair of vambraces with integral gauntlets, each component consisting of finely worked steel and copper alloy plates linked with riveted steel and copper alloy mail, the larger steel plates with openwork copper alloy plaques chased with floral designs, the smaller steel and copper alloy plates with simple punched designs
The helmet 20in. (51cm.) high; the vambraces 21 ¼in. (54cm.) long; the body armour 20in. (51cm.); the mask plate 5 ½in. (14 cm.); total height on mount 32in. (81.2cm.)
KUTCH OR SINDH, INDIA, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a helmet with mask, shoulder-length shirt and pair of vambraces with integral gauntlets, each component consisting of finely worked steel and copper alloy plates linked with riveted steel and copper alloy mail, the larger steel plates with openwork copper alloy plaques chased with floral designs, the smaller steel and copper alloy plates with simple punched designs
The helmet 20in. (51cm.) high; the vambraces 21 ¼in. (54cm.) long; the body armour 20in. (51cm.); the mask plate 5 ½in. (14 cm.); total height on mount 32in. (81.2cm.)
Provenance
Major A.D.F. White
Literature
David Nicolle, Islamische Waffen, Graz, 1981, p.22
Exhibited
National Army Museum, London, 1987
Birmingham Museum, 1995
Birmingham Museum, 1995
Brought to you by
Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer