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‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN SIEGE-WEIGHT CUIRASS, MID-17TH CENTURY
‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN SIEGE-WEIGHT CUIRASS, MID-17TH CENTURY comprising heavy shot-proof breastplate of vestigial peascod fashion, formed with an upstanding neck-opening and an outward-flanged lower edge, fitted on each side of the chest with a pierced stud and swivel-hook to receive a shoulder-strap, and one-piece backplate formed with a slightly upstanding neck-opening and an outward-flanged lower edge, and fitted at each shoulder with the proximal portion of a later strap, and the principal borders formed with plain inward turns accompanied by pairs of deeply incised lines involving an ogee at the centre of the neck-opening (bearing a mottled patina overall), 37.0 cm high (2) Provenance Frank Andrana Collection
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‡ A NORTH EUROPEAN SIEGE-WEIGHT CUIRASS, MID-17TH CENTURY
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