Armour & Shields

A Burgonet Helmet for wear with a Foot or Light Cavalry Armour,
A Burgonet Helmet, c. 1540-50
A Jingasa,
A Jingasa, Edo Period, c. 1850
A Close Helmet for a Louis XIII Cuirassier Armour
A Close Helmet, c. 1620-30
A Jingasa,
A Jingasa, 19th century
A Fine Blue-laced Hon-Kozane ni-mai-do Gusoku, or Armour,
A Samurai Armour, Edo Period, c. 1630
A Cuisse for the Left Leg, in the Manner of Jörg Sorg,
A Cuisse for the Left Leg, c. 1550
Plate from a ‘Four Mirrors’ Cuirass (Chahar a’ineh),
Plate from a ‘Four Mirrors’ Cuirass, 18th–19th century
A Large Rare Tibetan Cane Shield,
A Rare Tibetan Shield, 15th century or earlier
A Japanese Military Hat, or Jingasa,
A Jingasa, Edo Period, 19th century
A Leg Defence, or Dizçek,
A Leg Defence, late 15th century
A Harquebusier's Breastplate with Engraved Decoration,
A Harquebusier's Breastplate, c. 1650
A Fine and Exceptionally Rare Bohemian Cavalry Shield,
A Rare Bohemian Cavalry Shield, c. 1450
A Close Helmet of Heavy Cavalry Type,
A Close Helmet c. 1570 – 80
A Late Medieval Helmet Skull of Barbuta Type,
A Late Medieval Helmet, c. 15th Century
A Tibetan or Bhutanese Plate from a ‘Four Mirrors’ Cuirass, or Chahar A’ineh,
A Tibetan or Bhutanese Cuirass, c. 1650
A Vambrace, or Dastana,
A Dastana, c. 1700
An Important Augsburg Heavy Field Armour, attributed to the Habsburg Court Armourer Desiderius Helmschmid (1513-79) and to the etcher Jörg Sorg,
An Exceptional Armour, dated 1545
An Early Fluted ‘Maximilian’ Three-Quarter Length Field Armour,
A ‘Maximilian’ Field Armour, c. 1505 - 1515
A Spinning Jingasa,
A Spinning Jingasa, Edo Period, c. 1800