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A German Composite Three-Quarter Armour
Mid-Late 16th Century

Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Composite Three-Quarter Armour
Mid-Late 16th Century

Comprising a burgonet with two-piece skull rising to a turned and roped comb, tubular plume-holder at the rear, pointed integral peak with turned and roped border followed by a row of dome-headed rivets, a triple line border behind, and pierced for the adjustable nasal, the retaining bracket with punched and incised decoration, hinged cheek-pieces each pierced with a circular arrangement of holes and with three overlapping lames below, the lower ones with turned and roped borders, neck-guard of three lames en suite, 'almain' collar comprising mainplate and two neck-plates front and rear, bluntly-pointed front plate hinged on the left and with pin-catch on the right, the top plates each with bold turn, and with spaulders each of six overlapping lames, breast-plate drawn-out to a blunt point at the base, the upper edge prominently turned and roped above an incised inverted ogee-shaped border running down the centre of the plate, plain back-plate, single plate skirt with turned arch over the crotch, and knee-length tassets each of seven articulated upward-lapping lames, the ones at the crotch turned and roped, the lower ones with recessed turned and roped lower edges, and with domed rivets throughout (some surface rust and patination)

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The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada

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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.