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307 A FINE NORTH GERMAN COLLAR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1560-5 formed of four lames front and rear, the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and the first of which is formed at its upper edge with a bold file-roped inward turn, the two sections joined at the left by a hinge and fastened at the right by studs and holes, each side of the lowest plates pierced with holes for the attachment of spaudlers, the front and rear sections each finely etched in three diverging vertical bands of scrolling foliage inhabited by the nude figures of Adam and Eve, and in borders at their upper and lower edges with similar foliage inhabited by birds, serpents and various winged devices, all on a stippled and blackened ground (the lowest rear plate patched at the top of the left shoulder) 20.5cm; 8in Provenance The Brunswick Ducal Armoury, Wolfenbüttel Schloss Marienburg £1500-2000
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308 THE LOWEST REAR PLATE OF A NORTH GERMAN COLLAR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1560-5 of sub-rectangular form, shaped to the base of the neck and the tops of the shoulders, pierced at each side with holes for the attachment of spaudlers, and finely etched in three diverging vertical bands of scrolling foliage involving in the central one a winged female nude and in the lateral ones cornucopia, and in border of its lower edge with similar foliage involving a winged sphere and serpents, all on a stippled and blackened ground (extensively patinated overall and the etching worn) 15.0cm; 6in Provenance The Brunswick Ducal Armoury, Wolfenbüttel Schloss Marienburg £600-800