Beschreibung:

A Very Rare Burgundian-Flemish Tournament Vambrace For The Left Arm, And Mitten Gauntlet For The Right Hand Circa 1500 Forged with great skill from exceptionally thick plate, with the lower-cannon formed as a mitten-gauntlet, the elbow-length cuff completely enclosing the forearm and boxed to form six faces on the outer side, pierced with a central hole on the inner side for the attachment of a ring (missing), flanged at the inside of the elbow, shaped to the hand below the knuckles, including the base of the thumb (thumb-plates missing), and with finger-defences of two articulated plates, the free edge of the front one of flattened triangular shape, the wrist marked by a single encircling engraved line, bluntly pointed cowter with heart-shaped side-wing extending over the inside of the elbow joint and articulated by two pairs of plates below and above to the lower- and upper-cannon, the latter gutter-shaped and with arched top with a prominent angular turn, the edges partly bordered by rivets (some missing) for a leather attachment (missing) for arming-points, and struck with a maker's mark, a crowned orb and cross, a large flaring plate riveted to the lower-cannon providing extra protection for the cowter, and seperate reinforce for the latter, covering, and closely conforming to its outer side, secured by a modern bolt, decorated with three transverse radiating lines and struck with the same maker's mark; the gauntlet for the right hand en suite, covering the back of the hand only and comprising a short flaring cuff boxed to form four faces and extending over the lower half of the metacarpus, shaped to the base of the thumb (patched, thumb-plates missing), engraved with a single central encircling line, and with two articulated finger-plates: painted inside both pieces is a red figure '5' Vambrace 29½in. (74.9cm.) Gauntlet 12¾in. (32.4cm.) (2)