A Blackened Cuirassier Three-Quarter Armour
Circa 1630, Probably Danish
Comprising closed burgonet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the comb with a rolled overlap and with a tubular plume-holder at the rear with incised line decoration, the back of the skull pierced on each side with a series of circular ventilation holes, bevor and pointed fall pivoted at the same points, the fall with face-guard of three rectangular bars riveted to a curved band at their base, the bevor shaped to the chin, pierced with a circular arrangement of holes on each side and with a sprung button locking-catch on the right, the face opening filled with a falling buffe of three overlapping plates and secured in the closed position by a spring-catch, the two top plates each pierced with ventilation slots on one side and a series of small holes on the other, the uppermost also with key-hole slots, and single neck-plate front and rear, each with medial ridge and drawn-out to a point, gorget of one plate front and rear, pivoting on the left and secured on the right, heavy breast- and back-plate each with a flange at the bottom, the breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a blunt point at the bottom and with a hinged catch on both sides engaging with a corresponding pin on the back-plate, articulated arm-defences with pauldrons each of four plates extending over the front and back, and with three upward-lapping lames over the tops of the arms linked by a turning joint to the upper cannons of the vambraces, couters each with heart-shaped side-wing, the inside of each elbow protected by laminations, and tubular lower cannons hinged together and each secured by a pin-catch, knee-length tassets each of fourteen upward-lapping lames, detachable at the ninth lame and each secured by slotted and turning pin-catches, and poleyns with rounded fluted side-wings, the main edges with plain turns, dome-headed rivets throughout (some of the replacement leather straps perished): on a wooden stand
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
12,000 - 18,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000
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Category:
Arms and Armour
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