30th Jul, 2020 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
192
TWO GAUNTLETS IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY GERMAN 'GOTHIC' STYLE
TWO GAUNTLETS IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY GERMAN 'GOTHIC' STYLE, MAINLY OF LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAKE BUT INCORPORATING SOME ORIGINAL LATE 15TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
each consisting of a long pointed medially-ridged cuff open at the inside of the wrist and formed over the end of the ulna with a boss, two metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate (that of the right with splits at its upper edge), two finger-plates decorated with longitudinal flutes of V-shaped section, and a thumb-defence of two scales attached by a lateral hinge to the inner edge of the second metacarpal-plate, the whole decorated with sprays of flutes in the "Gothic" fashion, the second metacartpal-plate, the knuckle-plate and the finger-plates original but the remainder restored (the surface showing a variable light patina)
35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in
(2)
No Reserve
Sold for £1,200
TWO GAUNTLETS IN THE LATE 15TH CENTURY GERMAN 'GOTHIC' STYLE, MAINLY OF LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAKE BUT INCORPORATING SOME ORIGINAL LATE 15TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
each consisting of a long pointed medially-ridged cuff open at the inside of the wrist and formed over the end of the ulna with a boss, two metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate (that of the right with splits at its upper edge), two finger-plates decorated with longitudinal flutes of V-shaped section, and a thumb-defence of two scales attached by a lateral hinge to the inner edge of the second metacarpal-plate, the whole decorated with sprays of flutes in the "Gothic" fashion, the second metacartpal-plate, the knuckle-plate and the finger-plates original but the remainder restored (the surface showing a variable light patina)
35.0 cm; 13 ¾ in
(2)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30th Jul, 2020
