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A French 16th century style panoply of steel miniature arms and armour, by E. Grangler, Paris, mid-19th century | Miniaturpanoplie von Waffen und Rüstungen aus Stahl, von E. Grangler, Frankreich, Paris, Mitte 19. Jh. im Stile des 16. Jh.
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October 18, 02:54 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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A French 16th century style panoply of steel miniature arms and armour, by E. Grangler, Paris, mid-19th century
well detailed and articulated throughout, displaying a breast cuirass decorated with brass rivet heads, simulated laminated tassets, a Morion helmet, a pair of fingered gauntlets, various swords, spears, halberds, axes and flails backed by period silk banners and a shaffron (horse's head armor) below, raised on an ebonised wood base
47cm high
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Miniaturpanoplie von Waffen und Rüstungen aus Stahl, von E. Grangler, Frankreich, Paris, Mitte 19. Jh. im Stile des 16. Jh.
Acquired from Greg Martin Auctions, San Francisco, unknown sale, lot 1174.
The maker of this armour, E. Granger of 70 Rue de Bondy (now Rue René Boulanger) Paris, exhibited models of this type as early as 1844 in the Exposition des Produits de L'Industrie Française, Paris. He later showed his work, as part of the firm of Granger-Leblanc, at the London International Exhibition on Art and Industry and Art held in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, in 1862. Granger also made full-sized armours for some of Madam Tussaud's waxwork figures and for stage use by the Paris Opéra, and was further listed as a maker of gilt jewellery, bronzes and occult objects.
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