2nd Dec, 2015 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
190
‡ A SHAFFRON IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE
**A SHAFFRON IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
formed of a medially-ridged main plate flanged outwards over the nostrils, fitted at each side of its upper end with a rounded side-plate, fitted within U-shaped cut-outs at its upper corners with gutter-shaped defences for the ears, fitted above circular cut-outs for the eyes at each side with protective flanges, and between them, at the centre of the brow, with a decorative escutcheon secured by a threaded spike terminating in three-side pyramidal head, the edges of the side-plates, eye-flanges and nose-flange each formed with plain inward turns and the upper edges of the ear-defences with short longitudinal flutes (the surface showing a mottled light patina overall)
58.0 cm; 28¾ in
Sold for £2,000
**A SHAFFRON IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, 19TH CENTURY
formed of a medially-ridged main plate flanged outwards over the nostrils, fitted at each side of its upper end with a rounded side-plate, fitted within U-shaped cut-outs at its upper corners with gutter-shaped defences for the ears, fitted above circular cut-outs for the eyes at each side with protective flanges, and between them, at the centre of the brow, with a decorative escutcheon secured by a threaded spike terminating in three-side pyramidal head, the edges of the side-plates, eye-flanges and nose-flange each formed with plain inward turns and the upper edges of the ear-defences with short longitudinal flutes (the surface showing a mottled light patina overall)
58.0 cm; 28¾ in
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 2nd Dec, 2015
