A Composite North Italian Half-Armour Of 'Pisan' Type Late 16th Century Comprising one-piece 'Spanish' morion with prominent peak, brim curving upward and pointed at front and rear, and brass shield-shaped plume-holder, gorget, cuirass with peasecod breast-plate with hinged lance rest, laminated tassets, full pauldrons, the left one pierced for a threaded collar (missing) for the attachment of a tilting reinforce, full vambraces, and fingered gauntlets (not a pair, fingers missing, the right one damaged), etched throughout with bands of trophies, figures and foliage against a granular ground (some plates replaced)
A Composite North Italian Half-Armour Of 'Pisan' Type Late 16th Century Comprising one-piece 'Spanish' morion with prominent peak, brim curving upward and pointed at front and rear, and brass shield-shaped plume-holder, gorget, cuirass with peasecod breast-plate with hinged lance rest, laminated tassets, full pauldrons, the left one pierced for a threaded collar (missing) for the attachment of a tilting reinforce, full vambraces, and fingered gauntlets (not a pair, fingers missing, the right one damaged), etched throughout with bands of trophies, figures and foliage against a granular ground (some plates replaced)
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.jpg "Source: Christie's")
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