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A German Black And White Three-Quarter Armour
Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

Antique Arms and Armour

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge

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A German Black And White Three-Quarter Armour
Third Quarter Of The 16th Century

Comprising comb morion with two-piece skull rising to a high roped comb, embossed on each side with a large fleur-de-lys in low relief, downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft, and with turned and crimped border, the base of the skull with lining rivets on embossed brass floret-shaped washers, 'almain' collar of three neck-plates front and back, the main plate at the front struck with an indistinct armourer's mark, hinged on the left and with pin-catches on the right, the top pair of plates with turned edges, spaudlers each of five downward-lapping lames, peascod breast-plate drawn-out to a point and with moveable armhole gussets, and single-plate fauld pierced for the cod-piece, the latter of ovoidal convex form with pillar catch at the top, back-plate formed of a main-plate with flanged culet, knee-length tassets each of six upward-lapping plates, and gauntlets each with pointed flared cuff and articulated hand defences (finger-scales mostly missing), the main edges turned and roped, the surfaces with raised and recessed bands and borders, all bright against a reblackened ground, the borders pierced with pairs of lining holes, and with dome-headed rivets throughout

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