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A SOUTH GERMAN BACKPLATE FROM AN |ALMAIN RIVET|, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NUREMBERG
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A SOUTH GERMAN BACKPLATE FROM AN |ALMAIN RIVET|, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NUREMBERG formed of a main plate having a straight upper edge, and cut-away in a concave curve at the lower end of each side to receive a separate associated plate contributing to the arm-opening which, in common with the upper edge, is formed with an angular outward turn, the lower edges of the main and side-plates flanged outwards to receive a modern culet of four upward-overlapping lames in the |Gothic| style made of old metal, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and cusped at its centre, and all four decorated at each side with a shallow step serving as a continuation of junction of the main and side-plates (the lower end of the main plate repaired at its left arm-opening with a small riveted patch, and the side-plates and culet showing some pitting) 53.5 cm; 21 in Provenance Bashford Dean, New York French & Co., Inc. Formerly mounted with the lots 181, 182, 183, 185, 187, 189.
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A SOUTH GERMAN BACKPLATE FROM AN |ALMAIN RIVET|, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NUREMBERG formed of a main plate having a straight upper edge, and cut-away in a concave curve at the lower end of each side to receive a separate associated plate contributing to the arm-opening which, in common with the upper edge, is formed with an angular outward turn, the lower edges of the main and side-plates flanged outwards to receive a modern culet of four upward-overlapping lames in the |Gothic| style made of old metal, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and cusped at its centre, and all four decorated at each side with a shallow step serving as a continuation of junction of the main and side-plates (the lower end of the main plate repaired at its left arm-opening with a small riveted patch, and the side-plates and culet showing some pitting) 53.5 cm; 21 in Provenance Bashford Dean, New York French & Co., Inc. Formerly mounted with the lots 181, 182, 183, 185, 187, 189.
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