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A Composite English Civil War Period Breast-Plate And TassetsMid-17th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
The breast-plate with low medial ridge drawn-out to a blunt point above a deep flanged skirt, turned neck and arms with incised line borders, the former struck with armourer's mark 'TR', and retaining its hook and stud catches for shoulder-straps, and associated rectangular hinged tassets each embossed with simulated overlapping lames, recessed turned borders, and rows of dome-headed rivets; together with a rear gorget-plate en suite (some pitting overall) (2)
The first 68 cm. high
The first 68 cm. high
Footnotes
The mark appears to be that of Thomas Rew. ibid, 2004, p. 75








