A fine black and white composite half armour Lot n° 508

dating: Late 16th Century provenance: Southern Germany, Pointed burgonet, with skull in one piece, with relieved and ribbed bands, disposed in a cross and convergent at the peak, on black ground. Brim ribbed in the center and strongly sharpened upwards, edge with a recessed band and twisted border. Nape-guard fixed with rivets and border en suite with the brim. Mobile cheek-piece with ventilation holes, edges with a recessed band on a blackened ground; probably restored hinges. Breast-plate ribbed in the center, decorated with thin, blackened grooves and with large border carved with festoons in relief, on a blackened ground; neck-guard with a thick rope, mobile pauldron small plates. Back-plate carved en suite with blackened raisers and loin-guard with festoons on a blackened ground. Gorget with pauldrons; the two plates of the neck-line are file-roped and twisted. Five-plated shoulders. each, the last ones (one with a repair, one probably restored) decorated with festoons on a blackened ground that continues all along the border of the pauldrons. Front loin-guard with three plates, with blackened raisers that continue on the tassettes; these, both of six plates, with border carved with festoons on a blackened ground and rope on the lower plates. Mannequin is not included. height as shown circa 120 cm.