Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

307 308307A RARE GERMAN GOTHIC CURB BIT OF TINNED STEEL,LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURYthe mouth-piece formed of a hooped bar fitted with anadditional pierced pivoting plate in the centre, the side barseach with pierced kidney-shaped terminals at the base,fluted cube-shaped mouldings over their length, appliedwith a pierced tracery panel, finely pierced upper terminalswith filed c-shaped scrolls, fitted with a series of screw-inrivets throughout each with finely chiselled monsterheadterminal, and retaining much early tinned finish28.5cm; 11D in high£1000-1400308A RARE GERMAN CURB BIT OF TINNED STEEL, LATE16TH CENTURYthe mouth-piece formed of a single pierced rectangularplate and fitted with a series of discs, the side bars withengraved flattened terminals pierced with a kidney-shapedaperature at the base and extending to slender recurvedterminals at the top, decorated with scrolling mouldingsthroughout and retaining much early tinned finish36.5cm; 14D in high£500-600123