antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar Ltd

370
ELEMENTS OF NORTH EUROPEAN ARMOUR, LATE
16TH/17TH CENTURY
comprising pot with heavy hemispherical skull formed in
two pieces joined medially by a riveted overlap, fitted at
the brow with a flat obtusely-pointed peak pierced at its
rear with a slot to accommodate a missing nasal-bar, and
fitted at the nape with a slightly down-turned matching
neck-guard, the sides of the skull and the fronts and rears
of the peak and neck-guard pierced with small circular
holes for the attachment of a missing fabric covering,
symmetrical pauldrons with later-scalloped front and rear
edges, each of nine lames (partly disarticulated, the last
four associated), the third and largest fitted at the front
with a later radially-fluted circular besague, tubular upper
cannon of a three-piece vambrace surmounted by the
lowest lame of a turner, tassets each of six lames (partly
disarticulated), the first (associated) pierced with a later
suspension-hole, and the last fitted with a later stud and
turning-pin for the attachment of extensions, and later left
poleyn of four lames, the third bearing a small side-wing,
and the first surmounted by the lowest lame of a long
tasset, all elements except the pot decorated at their main
edges with inward turns, partly roped or notched, and at
their subsidiary edges with triple incised lines (all
surfaces extensively oxidised)
£600-900
371
ELEMENTS OF NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER
ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
comprising symmetrical pauldrons with later-scalloped
front and rear edges, each of five lames (partly
disarticulated) connected by a turner of two lames
(originally three) to an articulated vambrace formed of a
tubular upper cannon, winged bracelet couter of three
lames and two-piece tubular lower cannon, and two
gauntlets (not a pair, the right later) each formed of a
flared and obtusely-pointed tubular cuff, the left formed in
one piece with a join at the inside, the right with a
separate inner plate, six and four metacarpal-plates
respectively, a shaped knuckle-plate and incomplete
scaled finger-defences (mainly detached), the elements
variously decorated with plain inward turns and incised
lines (showing cracks, perforations and patched repairs
throughout; the surfaces extensively oxidised)
£1000-1400
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