THE FAULD, CULET AND TASSETS OF A CUIRASSIER'S THREE-QUARTER ARMOUR, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY FLEMISH comprising fauld of five cusped and notched lames, the uppermost decorated with a cross-hatched raised transverse rib and pierced with a key-hole slot at each side for attaching a matching strongly flared culet of four lames, the uppermost pierced with a rectangular slot and swivel-hook for attaching the fauld and carrying a pair of tassets each of twenty-three lames, divisible beneath the ninth and incorporating a winged poleyn each embossed at its centre with a roped almond-shaped moulding and to the outside fitted with a roped transverse rib extending to the wing, the pointed lowest lames each with cut at their centres with a v-shaped notch, the whole decorated throughout with pairs of double incised lines and finely roped turns at its principal borders, and triple incised lines at its secondary borders, those of the tassets-lames with an additional line above them and decorated throughout with numerous iron rivets (the outer surface with small areas of light pitting and patination, small internal laminations, the centre of one poleyn with a small early internally patched repair) 71.0 cm; 28 in (4) These elements are of a notably fine quality for the period. An armour of related type, formerly in the Dayton Art Museum, Ohio, was sold Sotheby's, 30th June 2004, lot 87.