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A Composite Half-Armour
Late 16th/Early 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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A Composite Half-Armour
Late 16th/Early 17th Century

Comprising an associated German burgonet with two-piece skull rising to a comb, integral upward pointing riveted peak and neck-guard each with turned and crimped border, and hinged cheek-pieces each with lower border en suite and pierced with holes, gorget of two main plates hinged together and with plain turns at the neck, breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a rounded point above a narrow outward flange at the base, back-plate (patched repair) with three-plate culet, the lower border turned and roped, single-plate skirt carrying brass hinges for detachable rectangular tassets each of five upward lapping lames, articulated arm-defences with pauldrons each of six overlapping plates, the three upper plates extending over the front and back, vambraces each with turning joint, bracelet couter, and tubular cannons hinged together and with pin-catch, the main edges turned, and dome-headed rivets throughout, those on the tassets brass-covered (some patched repairs)

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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.