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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN MITTEN GAUNTLET
Late 16th Century
Of russet steel, with long tubular cuff with turned inner edges, metacarpus of five boxed lames, knuckle plate embossed with a prominent cabled bar, five articulated boxed lames over the fingers, and the forward plate with turned roped edge (the thumb plate missing).
14¼in (36.2cm)
Late 16
Of russet steel, with long tubular cuff with turned inner edges, metacarpus of five boxed lames, knuckle plate embossed with a prominent cabled bar, five articulated boxed lames over the fingers, and the forward plate with turned roped edge (the thumb plate missing).
14¼
Provenance
Henry Griffith Keasbey, American Art Association, New York, November 27-28, 1925, lot 284, pl. XXV
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium