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LOT 2044
Stuart Period Iron Plate Armour Scarsella
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/2 in. (270 grams, 21.5 cm).
Curved in profile with recurved ends to the broad upper edge; carination around three edges, attachment rivets; extensive leather lining strips to reverse; later suspension wire for display.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From a gentleman's collection from East Sussex, UK.
Cf. Tincey, J., Soldiers of the English Civil War (2): Cavalry, London, 1990, plate A, no.8.
FootnotesLower part of a tasset with the outer edges deformed due to repair work. Tassets are pieces of plate armour designed to protect the upper thighs.
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LOT 2044
Stuart Period Iron Plate Armour Scarsella
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Stuart Period Iron Plate Armour Scarsella
Circa 17th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Curved in profile with recurved ends to the broad upper edge; carination around three edges, attachment rivets; extensive leather lining strips to reverse; later suspension wire for display. 270 grams, 21.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From a gentleman's collection from East Sussex, UK.
Lower part of a tasset with the outer edges deformed due to repair work. Tassets are pieces of plate armour designed to protect the upper thighs. -
Byzantine 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
9th-11th century A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Bulbous body with rounded base and domed filler hole, an impressed circumferential band on the shoulder; intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade. 370 grams, 93 mm
Ex important collection of weaponry, London, UK, 1980-1990s. Accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, dated 15 July 2019 and titled 'Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (μεσαίον kακάβιον) 9th-11th century AD'.
Apart from the use of siphons or manual flame-throwers called cheirosiphona, special corps of Roman soldiers employed terracotta grenades, in the form of small jars, abundantly evidenced in archaeological excavations. They were called μεσαία kακαβιά or κυτροκακάβια, where the former had a bulbous shape and the latter a more cylindrical form. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Spear Blade
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
With an ovate blade, prominent central rib and rounded shoulders, square-section shaft with flared lateral spurs forming a collar, rectangular tang with narrow tip. 347 grams, 29.6 cm
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
