A well-formed South German Maximilian fluted armet of distinctive provenance, circa 1520, With strongly shaped broad rounded skull of one piece drawn up to an angular comb flattened over the top, embossed with bands each of eight shallow flutes over each side from nape to brow, the segmental ridges and the comb all accentuated by engraved lines, the base of the nape flanged for turning on the gorget, and the skull pierced for a crest and with eight pairs of lace-holes, fitted with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces shaped in continuation of the neck-f, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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