Back Plate of a Gorget, ca. 1650–60, Dutch, Steel, silver, and gold, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm), Armor Parts-Colletins, The central scene, embossed in low relief, shows a contemporary battle between horsemen armed with pistols and swords. It is flanked by elaborately engraved panoplies comprising trophies of armor and weapons, a popular military motif
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Back Plate, Gorget, ca, 1650–60, Dutch, Steel, silver, gold, H, 8, 20.3 cm, W, 13 1/2, 34.3, Armor Parts-Colletins, central, scene, embossed, low relief, contemporary battle, horsemen armed, pistols, swords, flanked, elaborately engraved, panoplies, comprising, trophies, armor, weapons, popular military, motif
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