30th Jun, 2021 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
350
Ⓦ A GERMAN SABATON, CIRCA 1540, PERHAPS LOW SAXON
Ⓦ A GERMAN SABATON, CIRCA 1540, PERHAPS LOW SAXON
of broad-toed fashion and formed of seven lames overlapping inwards to the fifth, its upper surface decorated with a medial panel of overlapping scale ornament, and the toe-cap decorated en suite
18.5 cm; 7 1/4 in
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The decoration is similar to that on an armour formerly in the armoury of the Princes Radziwill at Niescwicz Castle, Poland, and now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 29.155.1). Similar scaled decoration is also to be found on a further armour formerly in the Radziwill armoury, now in the von Kienbusch collection, forming part of the collections of the Phildelphia Museum of Art (von Kienbusch 1963, no. 9, p. 22, pl. IX). It also occurs on the so-called 'Giant Armour' made in Brunswick about 1540 and now in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London, inv. no. II. 22 (Dufty & Reid, 1964, pl. XXIV). A further armour with scaled border is preserved in the Wallace Collection, London (Mann 1962, Vol. I, cat. no. A33, pp. 38-39, pl. 18)
Sold for £2,000
Ⓦ A GERMAN SABATON, CIRCA 1540, PERHAPS LOW SAXON
of broad-toed fashion and formed of seven lames overlapping inwards to the fifth, its upper surface decorated with a medial panel of overlapping scale ornament, and the toe-cap decorated en suite
18.5 cm; 7 1/4 in
Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection
The decoration is similar to that on an armour formerly in the armoury of the Princes Radziwill at Niescwicz Castle, Poland, and now preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 29.155.1). Similar scaled decoration is also to be found on a further armour formerly in the Radziwill armoury, now in the von Kienbusch collection, forming part of the collections of the Phildelphia Museum of Art (von Kienbusch 1963, no. 9, p. 22, pl. IX). It also occurs on the so-called 'Giant Armour' made in Brunswick about 1540 and now in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London, inv. no. II. 22 (Dufty & Reid, 1964, pl. XXIV). A further armour with scaled border is preserved in the Wallace Collection, London (Mann 1962, Vol. I, cat. no. A33, pp. 38-39, pl. 18)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30th Jun, 2021
