AUCTIONS IMPERIAL JUNE 2022 ARMS & ARMOR
Lot 168:
Description
Likely English. Of peascod form, which emulates the design of fashionable doublets of the period. Wrought from a single thick plate of steel, with distinct central ridge terminating in a characteristic drooping lower edge, with rolled borders. With characteristic hammer marks to the interior and visible delaminations. Latter 16th century. Minor loss to upper edge, corroded and cleaned. Overall height 44cm. A type closely associated with European explorers n in the New World. Condition IV
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