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A German Mitten Gauntlet For The Left HandCirca 1540
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,160 inc. premium
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Circa 1540
Circa 1540
Of bright steel, with shallow cuff terminating in a blunt point and with double recessed border incised with lines followed by a turned and roped edge, four articulated shaped metacarpal plates each cusped near the centre, ridged and roped knuckle-plate, five overlapping finger plates, four cusped at the centre, the last with border matching that of the cuff, shaped thumb-defence of four overlapping scales riveted to a leather, and iron rivets throughout
31.5 cm.
31.5 cm.








