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Lot 117

A Pair Of German Fingered Gauntlets
Nuremberg, Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of German Fingered Gauntlets
Nuremberg, Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

Of iron, each with pointed flared cuff with medial ridge and struck with the Nuremberg mark, made in two halves and with turned borders, a boss over the ulna, seven articulated metacarpal plates extending down the back of each hand to the prominently ridged knuckle-plate, shaped finger base-plate, overlapping finger plates riveted to later leathers, hinged four-plate thumb defences en suite, domed iron rivets throughout, and both with punched assembly marks inside (some rust patination overall and minor brazing) (2)
41.5 cm.

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