Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN ELBOW-GAUNTLETS,
CIRCA 1560-70
each formed of a long flaring cuff with short fixed inner
plate, its roped upper edge cut away to the inside of the
elbow, six metacarpal-plates, knuckle-plate decorated with
a notched and file-roped transverse rib, shaped fingerplate,
scaled finger-defences and laterally-hinged thumbdefence
with matching scales, the cuff, finger-scales and
thumb-scales with later black painted finish (bright parts
lightly patinated)
(2)
£2500-3500