£3,000 - £4,000
A GOOD 19th CENTURY FULL ARMOUR, deeply etched all over with foliate scrolls and mythical beasts on a black ground, all parts with gadrooned edges. The close helmet of good form, pointed upper & lower visor, with roped edges. The breast with etched 'spread eagle' coat of arms, paired with a plain back plate, the tassets of three lames. The gorget, to which is attached the pauldrons of four lames, with vambraces consisting of upper cannon, winged couters and lower cannons, all with gadrooned decoration. Gauntlets with articulated hands with fingers. The cuisses with gadrooned borders, with winged puleyns. Lower leg defences with articulated pointed toe sabatons. With a two-handed broadsword with double-edged triple fullered blade with man in the moon maker's marks, cross shaped flat quillions, twisted wire grip with ovoid pommel, with a black leather scabbard. Armour 6ft 2in tall plus plinth. Sword 46" long. Mounted on a stand above a wooden plinth.
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