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A FINE EUROPEAN SIEGE WEIGHT BREASTPLATE C.1570
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Pre 1700 item# 954986 (stock# 08-426)
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$5,900.00
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In siege warfare, attackers were disadvantaged by position and protective defenses. That necessitated increased bodily protection. As the amount of armor a man was capable of wearing was limited by its weight, the protection was concentrated in the vital areas, the helmet to protect the head and the breastplate to protect the vital organs. This breastplate provided that latter protection. It is especially finely made with thick forward rolled neck and arm borders and a medial ridge peaked above ...click for details
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FINE SILVER MOUNTED COSSACK MIQUELET PISTOL C.1750-1800
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Pre 1800 item# 955001 (stock# 08-666)
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Especially elegant proportions. Slender ass skin covered stock with large ivory ball butt. Silver niello mounts including three broad barrel bands, side plate, back strap, lower mount and trigger. Good quality lock with makers mark to the bridle and original leather thumb shield. 11 .50 cal tapered barrel. Complete and mechanically exc. Lock and barrel bright-just slight frosty pitting to the lock, negligible for the period. Mounts excellent. Cossacks supported the Russian aristocracy and were p ...click for details
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A FINE NORTH ITALIAN MORION C.1580
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Pre 1700 item# 954993 (stock# 09-335)
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This elegant helmet is of a form known as a Spanish morion which derives from the rule of Northern Italy by the Spanish Hapsburgs. The tall skull terminates in a “pear stalk” and slightly overhanging back edge profile. The brim with rolled and roped edge and sunk border expands at the front and back. Helmets of this type were used by local guard units and militias and were stored in town or private arsenals when not in use. This one comes from a well known group which has yet to identified t ...click for details
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AN ENGLISH CUP HILT RAPIER C.1640
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Pre 1700 item# 955006 (stock# 08-422)
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This rapier dates precisely to the period leading up to the English Civil War of 1642. It was a time of polarization and expression of political opinions and loyalties. The cup is deeply chiseled with faces, twelve in all. The forward and back pair are probably intended to represent Charles I and Henrietta, though are ambiguous enough to avoid attention. The decoration, popularized at the time, was also used on military swords. The cup provides a fine defense for the hand without the cumbersome ...click for details
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A GERMAN BURGONET C.1570
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Pre 1700 item# 955012 (stock# 08-1113)
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One piece skull with high comb and integral rolled edge brim struck with a makers mark L R over additional ciphers, perhaps K R and the Nuremberg town mark. Rolled edge neck guard pierced for hanging and hinged cheek pieces pierced with a cluster of holes for hearing. The surface finely hammer finished and blued. Of munition grade and representing the burgonet in its most basic form for the period, this helmet is distinguished by the preservation of nearly all of its original blued finish. The h ...click for details
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A GERMAN BLACK & WHITE MORION.. C.1570-80
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Pre 1700 item# 955014 (stock# 08-130)
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This example, of fine flamboyant form, is from a distinctly identifiable group, showing superior quality. The deep domed skull has a high broad "white" crest with roped edge. Each hemisphere is embossed with a raised relief crescent form band flanked by additional narrow raised band which is decorative as well as adding strength. The balance of the field is blackened, the transversely stippled brim polished in the "white" as well. The curved brim upturned in fine sweeping ter ...click for details
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A 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN TURKISH MACE
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Pre 1700 item# 956161 (stock# 08-695)
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This iron mace epitomizes early Ottoman craftsmanship with its finely crafted detail. The twelve flanges, probably an astrological choice, are delicately shaped with convex striking edges on a stepped recurve. Its form draws heavily on the European as, unlike other Eastern maces, it was made specifically to attack fully armored European soldiers. It is likely that it served at the Battle of Vienna of 1683 and comprised part of the spoils gathered by German and Polish defenders after the Turkish ...click for details
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DUTCH HANGER C.1670
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Pre 1700 item# 956168 (stock# 08-112)
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Swords of this form are often identified as hunting swords though it is known that they were widely, if not predominately, used as civilian side arms. The hilt is finely chiseled and retains much original blued finish. The ivory grip with its fantastic Janus form animal head and baronial helmet was made to order in Indonesia for mounting in Holland. This form of decoration was popular about 1660-80 when ivory imports from Indonesia reached their zenith. The curved blade is fashioned with a saw b ...click for details
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