Western Europe, probably England, Victorian period, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful set of Victorian-era armor meant to emulate Medieval knight armor. The close helmet bears a central crest behind a hinged visor and bevor, a two-piece gorget adorned with steel rivets and a roped border, and a loop and pin on the right side. The peascod-style breastplate has a vertical rib that tapers to a lower point, a roped collar, and a pair of flared faulds with additional steel rivets. The broad pauldrons are each comprised of three articulating lames with steel rivets and a cut-out just above the bicep, and the three-piece vambraces each consist of an upper cannon, a couter, and a lower cannon. Size (w/ helmet): 28.75" W x 33.75" H (73 cm x 85.7 cm); 37.75" H (95.9 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired May 4, 2015; ex-Fagan Arms, Clinton Township, Michigan, USA

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#159217

Original backplate, leg armor, and gauntlets missing as shown. Helmet is likely not original to armor set. Damage and losses to leather straps on left pauldron and breastplate, with minor abrasions to helmet and armor pieces, light encrustations and oxidation along interior surfaces, and softening to linear detailing on some steel rivets. Components still articulate smoothly.