I won't pass this piece around because it is falling apart. The next piece illustrates most of the same details. We pulled patterns from this piece to understand how to get the back of hand to move correctly, and playing with the cuff helped get the feel for its elegant shape.
German fingered Gauntlet (possibly Brunswick) circa 1540-60
Long, pointed cuff formed with a gentle even flare over the entire length of the cuff. Central point. Border rolled and roped with an additional double row of raised decoration. Lining rivets around the edge of the cuff. Back of the hand covered by 5 articulated plates, the final plate larger than the rest. Knuckle plate decorated with a roped ridge with additional decorative grooves at the end and center. Thumb plate attached by a hinge. Fluted plate joining the knuckle plate to the fingers. One finger remaining. Interior cuff plate missing. Originally it would have been secured by a hinge on one side (half of the hinge remains) and a pin on the other side that would have engaged in the hole in the outer plate. A gauntlet of similar form with similar edge decoration is in the Keinbusch collection in Philadelphia. [inv. num. A-28]