Cuisse late 16th c.
For the left leg. Consisting of a single plate cuisse and a poleyne. The cuisse shaped to the thigh. Upper edge with an inward turned roped roll and a parallel roped ridge. The cuisse with a single buckle near the upper edge on the medial edge. The poleyne articulated with a single lame above and below the cop and a terminal plate. The cop shaped to the knee and extending to a small wing on the lateral side. The wing with a central pucker and roll around the edge. Cuisse, lames, cop and terminal lame with central crease. Edges of the lames and cop with engraved decoration simulating roped edges. Bottom lame with a roll en-suite and keyhole slots on each side. One is larger and would engage a rivet the other smaller for a turning pin. The plates marked with a single file or chisel assembly mark at the edge - on the inner edges of the lower lames and the inside of the roll on the cuisse. The cuisse marked internally with "27" in yellow paint. The upper roll is rolled over wire. Close analysis of the piece indicates that it has likely been "stretched" out to its current width. This means that the knee plates don't move as cleanly as they should. It also appears that this was likely made for a child, it is very short and the shape of the cuisse indicates that it should have reached up near the top of the thigh.
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