Lot 92
A Modern Knightly Full Armour In English Early To Mid-15th Century Style
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£2,000 - £3,000
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Of bright steel painted black on the inside, comprising bascinet with one-piece skull raised up to a conical point and with padded canvas liner, hinged rounded visor pierced with numerous circular 'breaths', secured by a staple on either side, and embossed and pierced with rectangular vision slots over the eyes, riveted bevor, and single gorget-plates front and back shaped to fit over the shoulders, the rear plate with leather strap buckled to the back-plate, cuirass comprising breast- and back-plate, the former shaped to the chest and with separate fauld of four upward-lapping lames at the front carrying three downward lapping graduated lames over the groin, the rear with culet of eight upward lapping lames secured together by leather straps and buckles, full articulated arm and leg harness with brass trim punched with repeated cross and triple dot pattern, and secured by leather straps and buckles, circular couter and poleyn wings, hollowed ovoidal besagews secured by laces, mantle, half-shirt, skirt and voiders all of flattened riveted rings, and round-toed sabatons each of six overlapping lames with reinforcing plate, and in fine condition: mounted on a wooden stand and complete with canvas storage covers
Footnotes
Inspired by examples in Tobias Capwell, Armour of the English Knight 1400-1450, 2015, and made by Armour Services Historical between 2014 and 2019
