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A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BREASTPLATE, CIRCA 1570-80
with a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, formed at its upper edge with a broad slightly concave neck-opening, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two (originally three) lames, the neck and arm-opening each formed with file-roped inward turns, and the surfaces of the whole decorated with raised bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint)
40.5 cm; 16 in
with a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, formed at its upper edge with a broad slightly concave neck-opening, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two (originally three) lames, the neck and arm-opening each formed with file-roped inward turns, and the surfaces of the whole decorated with raised bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint)
40.5 cm; 16 in
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A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BREASTPLATE, CIRCA
Estimate £1,000 - £1,200
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