25th Jun, 2008 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CULET FROM A CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR
A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CULET FROM A CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH OR FLEMISH
composed of three upward-overlapping lames, the first fitted at its outer ends (the left patched) with later riveted extension-strips and pierced at each side of its boxed upper edge with three keyhole-slots (the lower two later) and the second and third, formed in two pieces joined medially by rivets, all three decorated with pairs of incised lines and punched concentric circles, the main edges of the second and third lames turned inwards and their subsidiary edges scalloped (light mottled patination overall)
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A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CULET FROM A CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH OR FLEMISH
composed of three upward-overlapping lames, the first fitted at its outer ends (the left patched) with later riveted extension-strips and pierced at each side of its boxed upper edge with three keyhole-slots (the lower two later) and the second and third, formed in two pieces joined medially by rivets, all three decorated with pairs of incised lines and punched concentric circles, the main edges of the second and third lames turned inwards and their subsidiary edges scalloped (light mottled patination overall)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 25th Jun, 2008
