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A Pair Of German Black And White Fingered GauntletsSecond Half Of The 16th Century
30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,500 - £1,800
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A Pair Of German Black And White Fingered Gauntlets
Second Half Of The 16th Century
Second Half Of The 16th Century
Of iron repainted black, each with flared boxed cuff made in two pieces with bright recessed turned and roped borders, the border extending down the back of each hand to the embossed and roped knuckle-plate, incised boss over the ulna, five articulated metacarpal plates linking the cuff to a shaped finger base-plate, overlapping finger scales (some probably replaced) riveted to later leathers, and hinged four-plate thumb-defences en suite (2)
36.5 cm.
36.5 cm.








