A BRIDLE GAUNTLET FOR HARQUEBUS ARMOUR
POSSIBLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630-50
Shaped to the fore-arm and elbow with turned edges, the upper plate with low medial ridge and decorated with incised border lines, five articulated metacarpal plates each incised with a border line, and knuckle-plate with reinforcing plate, retaining two fingers and the thumb defence of riveted lames
20¾in (52.7cm) long
A BRIDLE GAUNTLET FOR HARQUEBUS ARMOUR
POSSIBLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630-50
Shaped to the fore-arm and elbow with turned edges, the upper plate with low medial ridge and decorated with incised border lines, five articulated metacarpal plates each incised with a border line, and knuckle-plate with reinforcing plate, retaining two fingers and the thumb defence of riveted lames
20¾in (52.7cm) long
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