This gauntlet has a stable finish, so I can pass it around. It illustrates for the form we saw on the previous good gauntlet.
Gauntlet circa 1600
Gauntlet. Full bell cuff. Metacarpal formed of articulated lames. Knuckle plate in the form of knuckles. Fingers and most of the thumb lacking. Base plate of the thumb protection remains. Shows atypical thumb protection used on some italian gauntlets where the entire thumb depends from a plate rivetted to the cuff instead of from a hinge attached to a metacarpal plate. [inv. num. A-78]