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An English Civil War Period Pikeman's Armour
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London, United Kingdom
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An English Civil War Period Pikeman's Armour Mid-17th Century Of iron, comprising a pot helmet with two-piece rounded skull with turned comb, the base of the skull with a line of dome-headed rivets between line borders, downturned brim with recessed turned border (one peak with two patched repairs) with rivets en suite, and stamped at the rear with maker's pearled 'A' mark, probably of Edward Ansley, gorget of two plates each with turned upper border, breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a blunt point above the skirt (old patched repairs) and with turned borders at the neck and arms, and struck beneath the former with crowned 'IR' mark (James II armoury mark), back-plate shaped to the back, rectangular tassets each of six articulated upward-lapping lames and with recessed turned borders, riveted hinges each with locking-hook catch, and two pivot-hook and pin catches for later adjustable leather shoulder-straps reinforced with riveted plates (old pitting) Footnotes: Provenance Peter Dale Ltd., London, purchased on 18 June 1973 for £450 For more information regarding the maker's marks see Thom Richardson, The London Armourers Of The 17th Century, 2004, pp. 19 and 24 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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An English Civil War Period Pikeman's Armour Mid-17th Century Of iron, comprising a pot helmet with two-piece rounded skull with turned comb, the base of the skull with a line of dome-headed rivets between line borders, downturned brim with recessed turned border (one peak with two patched repairs) with rivets en suite, and stamped at the rear with maker's pearled 'A' mark, probably of Edward Ansley, gorget of two plates each with turned upper border, breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a blunt point above the skirt (old patched repairs) and with turned borders at the neck and arms, and struck beneath the former with crowned 'IR' mark (James II armoury mark), back-plate shaped to the back, rectangular tassets each of six articulated upward-lapping lames and with recessed turned borders, riveted hinges each with locking-hook catch, and two pivot-hook and pin catches for later adjustable leather shoulder-straps reinforced with riveted plates (old pitting) Footnotes: Provenance Peter Dale Ltd., London, purchased on 18 June 1973 for £450 For more information regarding the maker's marks see Thom Richardson, The London Armourers Of The 17th Century, 2004, pp. 19 and 24 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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