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North Italian, about 1550. There is tradition of its having been worn by Andrea Doria

Italian origin of which we figure two to illustrate pictorially what we shall endeavour to explain in the text. Both are of the semi-grotesque order as regards form; but the execution of the decoration shows great skill and knowledge of the armourer's craft. By this we mean that the surface embossing is in the highest relief, and that the necessity of portraying a superimposed