7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**A SCALED CUIRASS IN THE POLISH STYLE OF THE LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
**A SCALED CUIRASS IN THE POLISH STYLE OF THE LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY
formed of imbricated U-shaped scales with bevelled edges, attached externally by pairs of rivets with domed internal heads to a sleeveless buff-leather foundation-garment terminating just below the hips and comprising a front and rear section connected at the sides by leather laces, the front section formed in two halves closed medially by six straps and buckles (one buckle missing and one strap detached; the foundation-garment extensively patched and the scales in some cases loose or partly disarticulated)
Provenance
Dr.Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, purchased from his estate 28 September 1929, no. 9
JWHA Inv. No. 811
For similar scaled cuirasses, see A. Nadolski, 'Ancient Polish Arms and Armour, Part II', Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol. III, pl. LIV; and Jan K. Ostrpowski et. al., Land of the Winged Horsemen: Art in Poland 1572-1764, Alexandria, Virginia, 1999, pp. 208-9.
Sold for £3,500
**A SCALED CUIRASS IN THE POLISH STYLE OF THE LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY
formed of imbricated U-shaped scales with bevelled edges, attached externally by pairs of rivets with domed internal heads to a sleeveless buff-leather foundation-garment terminating just below the hips and comprising a front and rear section connected at the sides by leather laces, the front section formed in two halves closed medially by six straps and buckles (one buckle missing and one strap detached; the foundation-garment extensively patched and the scales in some cases loose or partly disarticulated)
Provenance
Dr.Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, purchased from his estate 28 September 1929, no. 9
JWHA Inv. No. 811
For similar scaled cuirasses, see A. Nadolski, 'Ancient Polish Arms and Armour, Part II', Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol. III, pl. LIV; and Jan K. Ostrpowski et. al., Land of the Winged Horsemen: Art in Poland 1572-1764, Alexandria, Virginia, 1999, pp. 208-9.
