AUCTIONS IMPERIAL JUNE 2022 ARMS & ARMOR
Lot 174:
Description
A complete 17th century-style Polish armor, wrought entirely by hand in the 19th century and embellished throughout with large brass floriform studs, embossing and profiled edges. Comprising a characteristic burgonet with finely-fluted skull, the peak fitted with an adjustable nasal, large cheek plates with embossed and pierced ear guards, and a flexible neck guard of three lames. The broad gorget of two pivoting plates with studded, embossed and profiled borders and straps with large, pierced and profiled buckles which retain the arm defenses. Breastplate of anime type with central and lateral ridges and profiled and embossed edges, the shoulder straps with en suite brass buckles, flanged at the waist, the backplate likewise of anime type, with flared and studded border, and retaining its leather waist belt with en suite brass buckle. With characteristic arm defenses, the pauldrons composed of three plates with scalloped and embossed edges with four upper plates likewise with scalloped and embossed edges. Each tasset composed of six plates en suite with the foregoing, bearing scalloped and embossed edges, each secured by a pair of straps with en suite brass buckles. Latter 19th century. General wear and rubbing, repairs to some straps. Height of cuirass from neck to waist 44.4cm. Designed to fit a large frame. The Polish Hussars formed the bulwark of Christendom against the encroaching Ottoman Empire during the 16th-17th century. By adopting the arms and cavalry tactics of the enemy Turks, they turned the tide of Ottoman invasions in numerous battles, most famously at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 under King Jan Sobieski. STAND NOT INCLUDED. Condition III
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