Lot 174
GERMAN BLACK AND WHITE HALF ARMOUR
CIRCA 1560, Augsburg
Auction: 21 April 2010 from 10:00 BST
Description
the burgonet with two piece skull, the raised comb etched with scrolls and griffin heads, the comb top rope moulded with original ear pieces decorated with flower heads, the sides with raised engraved curved bands (lining missing), high necked rope moulded gorget of two lames decorated with three raised bands of foliate etched decoration, the breastplate of peas cod form with a raised engraved panel at the neck and at the centre to the waist finely etched with foliate scrolls and a spread eagle, two further bands from the arms to the waist, similarly decorated pauldrons of five lanes with a centre line decorated with foliate etched decoration, matching couters rope moulded and decorated on the edges and in the centre , fingered gauntlets decorated in a similar manner, the tassets of ten lames decorated on the edges and at the sides polished and etched foliate decoration, on an old mannequin
72in. (182cm) high (on mannequin)