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A Composite Cuirassier Armour
Mid-16th/Early 17th Century And Later

Antique Arms and Armour
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Composite Cuirassier Armour
Mid-16th/Early 17th Century And Later

Comprising a cuirassier helmet with rounded two-piece skull with file roped medial ridge, the border engraved peaked fall and upper- and lower-bevors pivoted at the same points on either side, the upper-bevor pierced with a circular arrangement of breaths on one side, the upper edge cut for vision, pivot hook-catches on the right (one incomplete), single gorget-plate at front and rear, the main edges turned and roped, and domed steel lining rivets (some pitting overall), Italian 'anime' cuirass with breast-plate of fourteen upward-lapping lames forming a medial ridge and each with central cusping, the back-plate en suite and of eight lames, the upper one shaped to the shoulders and embossed with a ribband, the main edges engraved with double lines and with turned and roped borders, dome-headed rivets throughout (pitting overall), gorget of two plates hinged together and secured by a catch on the right, and with turned and roped lower borders, vambraces, probably Italian, each of six upper plates articulated on rivets and with cusped upper borders, turning joints and bracelet couters, and lower cannons hinged together, gauntlets with flared pointed cuffs with turned and roped recessed border each with a row of dome-headed brass lining rivets, five metacarpal plates articulated on rivets en suite, and roped knuckle-plates (fingers missing), knee-length tassets each of twenty upward-lapping lames, detachable above the knee and secured by turning pin-catches, and side-wigs, closed greaves each of two plates hinged together and with medial ridge, and round-toed sabatons each of seven articulated plates (repairs, some rust patination overall)

Footnotes

For related examples of the cuirass see A.R. Dufty, European Armour In The Tower Of London, 1968, pl. CXV (II.16 and II.18)

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.