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19TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN LARGE SHAFFRON, IN THE STYLE OF CIRCA 1540
19th Century
With one-piece frontal plate drawn up to a boldly roped bifurcated medial ridge over the muzzle and with strong outward flange at the base, fitted with additional plates over the eye openings each embossed with a bold pattern of roping en suite with the muzzle, fitted with a pair of large side-plates fully enclosing the flanks, a pair of standing ear-guards, circular escutcheon applied with a spike, fluted borders and fluted subsidiary borders, and turned roped edges throughout.
23¾in (60.4cm)
19
With one-piece frontal plate drawn up to a boldly roped bifurcated medial ridge over the muzzle and with strong outward flange at the base, fitted with additional plates over the eye openings each embossed with a bold pattern of roping en suite with the muzzle, fitted with a pair of large side-plates fully enclosing the flanks, a pair of standing ear-guards, circular escutcheon applied with a spike, fluted borders and fluted subsidiary borders, and turned roped edges throughout.
23¾
Provenance
Count Conrad von Erbach-Erbach
S.J. Whawell, Sotheby & Co., May 3, 1927, lot 110, pl.V
Theodore Offerman, New York, 1927
S.J. Whawell, Sotheby & Co., May 3, 1927, lot 110, pl.V
Theodore Offerman, New York, 1927
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium