Auctions Imperial 2017 May Arms & Armor
Lot 315:
Description
A scarce piece of armor designed for use on the left arm, used to hold the reins while the right wielded weapons in battle. Of characteristic form, wrought of steel with rolled terminal, the wrist and hand of flexible lames, the knuckle plate reinforced with a raised rib. Retains its hinged thumb-plate. Traces of leather lining to the cuff. First half of the 17th century.
Original finish with areas of rust. Overall length 44 cm. For a similar example of this type in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, see David Blackmore, Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars, London, Royal Armouries: 1990, 17, Fig 14 and 54, Plate 2. Condition IV.
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