Description
COMPOSED GERMAN CUIRASSIER ARMOUR
POSSIBLY AUGSBURG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
the burgonet with one piece scull, low roped comb and plume holder, double visor, pointed fall or peak, eight vertical breaths, rolled rope moulded neck piece shallow gorget, short waisted breast plate with central ridge descending to a sharp point, with raised point forming a decorative incised line curving to the waist and under the arms, rolled rope moulded edges, pauldrons vary slightly of two large plates and four small lames, close matching but not a pair of couters, pair of long tassets composed of nine broad lames with plain poleyns close matching and greaves with flat toed sabatons, the vambrace close but not a pair, fingered gauntlets holding a later hand and half sword, full mail undershirt on a wooden stand with castors
65.7in. (167cm) high
Provenance:
Holland and Holland 1980s.