A beautiful armour in Maximilian style, the helmet with grotesque visor dating: 1840 circa provenance: Germany, Interlocking helmet, with skull in one piece, blasted, with two twisted combs and with large longitudinal fullers on sides. Fine, well visor shaped as grotesque mask, with rectangular eyelets, surmounting a face, finely relieved, complete with pierced eyes, nose and mouth with sharpened teeth, open as well. Beaver with interlocking neckline that incorporates the twisting at the skull base. Closures with snaps. Back part with plume-holder. Visor hinges with rosette-head. Gorget with four plates, file-roped and twisted neckline, for helmet interlocking. Rounded breast-plate, with gusset and neckline with typical twisted ropes, very thick and faced outwards. A folding rest on the right side. Back-plate decorated en suite with the breast. Three-plated loin-guards. Four-plated tassets, both with twisted lower border. Complete brassards. Epaulettes provided with neck-collar with file-roped border, elbow-piece with big fan plates. Inarticulated gauntlet with cuffs provided with a thick spiral. Full-leg defense, provided with shoes overtaking the drawing of the other parts. Knee-cop fan plates with twisted border. All the armour is finely carved en suite: plates with longitudinal fullers, that outline the relieved and outlined bands, plates with festooned border. Complete with leather strings, all with iron rivets. The armour is presented on its wooden mannequin complete with high pedestal. High quality work, comparable to antique originals. Total height with the base: abt. 220 cm. See a similar armour (antique) in the collection of Vienna armory which belonged to Duke Ulrico of Württemberg, illustrated in 'Armi e Armature Europee' by Thomas/Gamber/Schedelmann No. 56. height as shown circa 185 cm.