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A Pair Of Early German Gauntlets
Circa 1490-1500

Antique Arms and Armour
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of Early German Gauntlets
Circa 1490-1500

Of bright steel with some old varnish over the outer surfaces, each with tapering gutter-shaped cuff with medial ridge and recessed border with a narrow angular turn at its edge, the inner edge with central cusp, linked by a plate embossed over the ulna to three matching articulated plates and a broad metacarpal plate, the latter embossed with converging V-shaped gores, knuckle-plate raised and incised with an oval over each knuckle, two finger-plates ridged en suite, the lower ones each pierced with six holes, all working on small dome-headed rivets each on a washer, and hinged four-plate thumb-defences (some light surface pitting) (2)
30.5 cm.

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Provenance
The Ludwig Roselius Museum, Bremen

Cf. a left hand gauntlet of similar but slightly later type exhibited in the Art of the Armourer exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 19 April - 5 May 1963, cat. no. 12 (illustrated)

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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.