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An Unusual North Italian Breast-Plate Of 'Pisan' Type Made For A YouthLate 16th Century
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,280 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Unusual North Italian Breast-Plate Of 'Pisan' Type Made For A Youth
Late 16th Century
Late 16th Century
Of peasecod form with low medial ridge and narrow flange at the base, and characteristic etched decoration arranged in bands tapering towards the bottom, at the top two embossed and roped volutes framing profile heads below the turned and roped neck, and turned and roped moveable armhole gussets (one missing, the other incomplete) etched en suite (some wear and surface rust overall)
42 cm. high
42 cm. high
Footnotes
See Donald L. LaRocca, 'A notable group of late sixteenth-century etched Italian armour', Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, vol. XVI, no. 4 (March 2000), pp. 191-197








