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An English Civil War Period Harquebusier's Half-Armour
Mid-17th Century

Fine Antique Arms & Armour Including An Important Group Of British Firearms
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An English Civil War Period Harquebusier's Half-Armour
Mid-17th Century

Of blackened iron, comprising lobster-tailed pot with two-piece skull and low turned comb, pointed pivoted fall (old repairs) with turned edge and three-bar face-guard joined at the bottom to form a blunt point, bluntly-pointed neck-guard of three simulated lames with turned edge, triangular ear-pieces, and dome-headed rivets, breast-plate with shot-proof mark and low medial ridge drawn-out to a small point at the base above a short flange, turned neck and arms, the former struck with armourer's mark apparently 'HK' combined, possibly that of Henry Keene, and with the mark of the London Armourer's Company, back-plate en suite and struck below the neck with armourer's mark 'AT', adjustable shoulder-straps (one broken) reinforced with riveted plates, and later buff-leather belt

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Literature
Ewart Oakeshott, 'Deserter, or Fugitive?', The Fourteenth Park Lane Arms Fair, 1997, p. 18, fig. 1

For the marks and further details see Thom Richardson, The London Armourers Of The 17th Century, 2004, pp. 18, 50 and 82. For Henry Keene's will see Claude Blair, 'The Inventory Of Henry Keene, Armourer Of London', J.A.A.S., vol. XV, no. 4 (September 1996), pp. 238-251

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.