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Lot 1013* - A202 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 22. September 2022, 10.00 AM

FULL SUIT OF PARADE ARMOR

Italy, 19th century, in the style of the 1st quarter of the 17th century.
Iron with etched decorative stripes in the form of stylized tendrils and foliage. With dummy.
Comprising:
- Armet, bowl with comb, feather mount, bellows-shaped visor in two parts, elongated slits for vision over horizontal slits for breathing. Prominent visor. Helmet base with decorated rim. Rivets for fastening the lining with remains of leather.
- Two-part, hinged gorget, the base with beaded rims. Central decorative strip featuring a medallion depicting Samson and the Lion.
- Pauldron upper arm guard, couter and forearm guards.
- Chest plate, with cut-outs for neck and arms, with scalloped edges. Riveted-on culet.
- Chausses, cuisses, and poleyns with shell decoration, and two-part greaves. Broad sabatons.
H 172 cm.

- Hand guard incomplete.
- Light traces of corrosion.
- One leather strap brittle.


CHF 9 000 / 12 000 | (€ 9 280 / 12 370)