Renaissance armor

[cornelistromp]

I took pictures of the interior and exterior to the arms & armor fair in London in 2020 and asked a number of armor specialists (Tobias Capwell, Thomas del Mar and a few others) for their opinion. Their General opinion was that it is a 19th century victorian armour, confirmed also by the skull of the helmet that has been made of 2 riveted parts.

[werecow]

Ah, interesting. The shop owner is not an arms and armor specialist so I guess that could very well be the case.

And thanks Fernando for flipping them back.

[Raf]

A similar set has been doing the rounds recently. Sold by Bonhams in 2021 who described the breastplate as 'probably 1520'.

[ulfberth]

Originally Posted by cornelistromp

I took pictures of the interior and exterior to the arms & armor fair in London in 2020 and asked a number of armor specialists (Tobias Capwell, Thomas del Mar and a few others) for their opinion. Their General opinion was that it is a 19th century victorian armour, confirmed also by the skull of the helmet that has been made of 2 riveted parts.

Hi Jasper, wo exactly told you it was 19th C because the helmet was made out of 2 seperate parts ?

[cornelistromp]

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Hi Jasper, wo exactly told you it was 19th C because the helmet was made out of 2 seperate parts ?

Hi Dirk, not the helmet but the skull of the helmet is made out of two parts.

I have shown about 50 photos of in and outsides with all the weights of the individual parts, all specialists thought it to be a 19th century armour. They gave me several substantiations for this. Thomas del Mar pointed out to me that the skull of the helmet is made of two parts riveted together on the comb and not made like 16th century Maximilian helmets formed outof one piece of metal.it is a nice quality armour from the 19th century, unfortunately for me the price was what an original would do.