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A vintage silver tone necklace earring and hair comb suite set with seed pearl and rhinestones.

*OVERBECK REJUVENATOR STANDARD MODEL' separate direct current power supply (missing), with comb, cylinder and knob electrodes with plastic handles, and cords, stored in a basic leatheroid type covered case. Originator: 'O. Overbeck FRSA, FGS, FCS, FPC, Chantry House, Grimsby'. Manufacturer: 'The Edison Swan Electric Co. Ltd., Ponders End, Middlesex.' c1930. Includes instruction book. Good condition. 'OVERBECK REJUVENATOR SUPREME MODEL' separate direct power supply (missing), with comb, cylinder and knob electrodes with plastic handles, and cords, stored in a separate drawer in a leatheroid type covered case. Originator: 'O.Overbeck FRSA, FGS, FCS, FPC, Chantry House, Grimsby'. Manufacturer: 'The Edison Swan Electric Co. Ltd., Ponders End, Middlesex.' c1930. Includes handbook. Good condition.

A MATCHED SIX PIECE SILVER DRESSING TABLE SET, all with engine turned decoration and monogrammed, comprising hairbrush, London 1917, two brushes 1917, button hook, comb and shoe horn (6)

19th century elm seat comb back elbow chair Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A silver travelling toilet set, Birmingham 1923, comprising, a mirror, hair brush, clothes brush, comb, nail buff, balm pot, button hook, three manicure items, and two pairs of scissors, all in a leather case; with two silver mounted glass toilet bottles

A miners leather helmet, dating: circa 1700, provenance: Central Europe, dating: circa 1700, provenance: Central Europe, Sewed with leather, with a small comb and a large brim., height 11 cm.

A closed helmet, dating: early 17th Century, provenance: France, dating: early 17th Century, provenance: France, Large, two-halves, elongated skull decorated with rayed gleaning joining at the top of the comb and depicting a flower with slightly-relieved petals; comb with smoothly roped border, surmounted by a faceted pine-cone (an antique reparation at the base). The visor adjusted for the comb, the upper margin featuring wide cusps with raisers continuing from the ones at the skull, rectangular eye-slots with a row of brass rivets at the upper margin, the lever on the right side; ventail strongly ribbed at the centre, hemmed at the upper margin, with air holes alternated to brass rivets on both sides; beaver hemmed at the inside margin, provided with two stoppers; two-plate nape -and neck-guard (one restored on a side), with cusped upper borders and row of rivets at the margins; smoothly roped lower border. , height 35 cm.

Sterling silver & faux tortoiseshell comb marked Sterling, together with a black hair comb

A late 19th/early 20th century brass merryweather fireman's helmet, the high comb with dragon decoration above an applied crossed axe badge, having rosette ear bosses, leather backed chin scales and leather liner.

GEORGE V SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL VANITY SETmaker Adie Brother Ltd, Birmingham 1924, hand mirror maker Charles & Richard Comyns, London 1924, comprising a hand mirror, two hair brushes, two clothes brushes and a comb, inside original cream silk fitted case, hand mirror 25cm long

Hallmark Silver Women’s Vanity Travel Hair Brush Set, boxed brush and comb with hallmarks for Birmingham 1928 and makers mark of Daniel Manufacturing Company, brush with Mother of Pearl back decorated with mythical fairy. Accompanied by a modern Ladies compact with Wedgewood cameo to lid and another ladies compact.

Hallmarked Silver Topped Glass Jars, cased brush and comb, matching button hook and shoe horn, hallmarked silver leaf dish etc:- One Tray

A XIX Century Ash-Elm Comb Back Chair, with a rectangular top rail, scroll arms, on turned legs, united by stretchers together with a XIX Century Ash-Elm Chair. (2)

A CARVED TORTOISESHELL TIARA, carved with graduated chain-links and rope twists, with holes at either end to secure with elsatic, c. 5cm high at highest point, a tortoiseshell spiral carved hair comb and two others similar (4). See illustration.

A VICTORIAN PIERCED TORTOISESHELL HAIR COMB, the top section with ornate carved and pierced acanthus leaf decoration, c. 12cm wide, a pair of Victorian tortoiseshell two-prong hair slides with pierced acanthus leaf decoration and 6 other tortoiseshell, faux tortoiseshell and horn hair slides (9).

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH TORTOISESHELL, PEARL AND GOLD AIGRETTE, the tortoiseshell comb with a curved hinged mount in hallmarked French gold, pierced and enamelled in black with a wave design and surrounded by two prong-set rows of cultured pearls, c, 12 cm wide, in the original fitted case for Bosson, Marseille. See illustration.

A Victorian Swiss musical box playing Six Airs, the 21cm drum with 20cm comb, side crank wind, the lid interior with papered label denoting the Airs, simulated rosewood case, 43cm wide max., Circa 1880 (wormed and faults)

A hallmarked silver seven piece dressing table set comprising a hand brush, length 22.5cm, a circular hand mirror, a coat brush, a faux tortoiseshell comb, a lidded clear glass jar and a pair of candlesticks, height 9.5cm, WI Broadway & Co, Birmingham 1976, and 1947, with oval clear glass tray, 32 x 23cm (8).

A 19th century Swiss rosewood and inlaid musical box, the hinged lid enclosing an inner glass lined cover and 11" drum, unnamed, overall length 46cm. CONDITION REPORT: Some wear and tear to the case, no air sheet, teeth present, all comb intact, light pitting to the drum and overall appears ok.

A tortoiseshell mantilla comb.

A SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 comprising burgonet with rounded one-piece skull rising to high medial comb, pierced at the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak stuck at the front with a mark, possibly the letter 'F', flanged outwards at the rear to receive an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard (pierced its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes) and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation; 'Almain' collar (composite) formed of a single deep plate front and rear (originally forming part of a pikeman's armour) in each case flanged upwards at the neck-opening and fitted to either side with a spaudler, the left formed of five lames and the right of six; one-piece breastplate of 'peascod' fashion, flanged outwards at its lower edge to form an integral fauld cut at the centre of its lower edge with a shallow arch separating a pair of long tassets each of four lames, suspended from it by two (originally three) straps and buckles; backplate formed of a main plate with a shallow neck-opening and a somewhat narrower waist-lame flanged outwards at its lower edge to from a short integral culet; and a pair of long gauntlets each formed of a tubular elbow-length cuff with a separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (the right gauntlet lacking two of its finger-defences and the left lacking its thumb-defence and a single scale of two of its finger-defences), the main edges of the armour formed with plain inward turns and its surfaces retaining the greater part of their original black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint and partly oxidised; the collar and cuirass disarticulated in places) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets of which all but two retain their brass rosette washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; one point and one side of the brim pierced with later suspension-holes) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR, CIRCA 1600-20 comprising burgonet with rounded one-piece skull rising to high medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at the front with the maker's mark 'HR' in a rectangle and the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at the rear to receive an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard (pierced its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes) and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the hinge of the right broken) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with six small auditory holes in rosette-formation; 'Almain' collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, in each case flanged upwards at the neck-opening and fitted to either side with a spaudler of five lames (the upper two of the right associated with the lower three); one-piece breastplate of 'peascod' fashion, flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame that has been laterally extended at each end, probably during working life, and is cut at the centre of its lower edge with a shallow arch separating a pair of short square tassets each of four lames, attached to it in each case by a pair of turning-pins; one-piece backplate with a shallow neck-opening flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short integral culet; and a pair of long gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a tubular elbow-length cuff with a separate inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate, the left decorated with a roped transverse rib, and the right formed with a low boss over each knuckle, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (the last of the left missing), the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, roped in the case of the gauntlets and plain elsewhere, and its surfaces retaining the greater part of their original black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint and partly oxidised; the collar and tassets disarticulated in places) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands The HR mark on the burgonet has been tentatively identified as that of either Hieronymus Ringler the Younger (born 1583, still living 1626) or Hans Roth (recorded 1613-42). See Thomas 1980, p. 88.

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb (bruised at its apex), projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed peak stuck at the front with a maker's mark, possibly the letter 'N' between a pair of dots within an oval, and the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at the rear to receive a matching neck-guard (pierced at the centre of the latter with a pair of later suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the hammer' finish overall 29.0 cm; 11? in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by nine (originally ten) lining-rivets of which all retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; one point and one side of the brim pierced with later suspension-holes, of which that in the side has subsequently been plugged) 25.0 cm; 9? in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear (one with a short split), its edge formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by nine (originally ten) lining-rivets of which all but one retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; one point and one side of the brim pierced with later suspension-holes) 25.5 cm; 10 in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb fitted at its rear with a later plume-holder, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets with brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the rear point of the brim pierced with a later suspension-hole and patched at its right edge) 25.5 cm; 10 in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb fitted at its rear with a later plume-holder, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by twelve lining-rivets of which all but two retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with an hexafoil enclosed within a circle bordered by stylised acanthus foliage burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the apex of the comb marked with five transverse cuts and the front point of the brim pierced with a later suspension-hole) 29.0 cm; 11? in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a notably high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to a matching integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a later suspension-hole), and cut away at each side to receive a hinged cheek-piece (the left missing) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with three small auditory-holes in triangular formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with roped or notched inward turns and its surfaces decorated with raised borders and longitudinal bands burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the bright metal lightly patinated) 31.0 cm; 12? in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVED DECORATION, CIRCA 1600 comprising burgonet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high, roped medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to an acutely-pointed integral peak (damaged to the right of its point) and rearwards at the nape to a matching integral neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a single later suspension-hole) and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the right struck with the arsenal inventory number 'XX' over '23'; 'Almain' collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear (the rear one associated), in each case flanged upwards at the neck-opening and fitted to either side with an integral spaudler of five lames; one-piece breastplate of 'peascod' fashion, struck at its right side with the arsenal inventory number 'X' over '77', flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame (associated) cut at the centre of its lower edge with a shallow arch separating a pair of short tassets each of six lames, suspended from it by two straps and buckles; one-piece backplate formed with a shallow neck-opening and flanged outwards at its lower edge to from a short integral culet; and a pair of long gauntlets each formed of a tubular elbow-length cuff with a separate inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (three scales missing), the latter attached to the inner end of the lowest metacarpal plate by a lateral hinge of leather, and the left gauntlet fitted with a later buff leather lining glove; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, roped in the case of the burgonet and fauld-lame but otherwise plain, and the surfaces of the collar, tassets and gauntlets lightly scored through an originally blued surface with pairs of border-lines, and in the case of the gauntlets with medial bands involving chevrons, and the inner surfaces of the burgonet, breastplate and backplate respectively painted in white characters with the numbers SO 16, SO 82 and SO 20 of the Solothurn Zeughaus (the articulating leathers of the spaudlers and the left tasset severed at some points) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Solothurn Zeughaus, Switzerland

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising burgonet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high, roped medial comb and fitted at its rear end with a later plume-holder, projecting forward at the brow to an acutely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a single later suspension-hole) and fitted at its sides with hinged cheek-pieces (associated and not a pair), each flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard; one-piece breastplate of late 'peascod' fashion formed with a deep neck-opening and an outward- flanged lower edge, and fitted at each side, just above the flange, with a later hasp from which is suspended a short tasset of four medially-ridged lames, the lowest with a strongly convex lower edge; backplate formed of a main plate struck at the centre of its gently cusped upper edge with an indistinct scutiform mark, fitted at each side with a short lateral extension-plate and at its lower edge with a waist-lame having an outward-flanged lower edge; and a pair of long gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a tubular elbow-length cuff with a separate inner plate, the left fitted with a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (three of the former missing and the fourth detached), and the right fitted with six metacarpal-plates (the last four associated and in one case showing traces of earlier black and white decoration), a shaped knuckle-plate, and scaled finger and thumb-defences (the latter detached); the main edges of the armour variously formed with roped, notched or plain inward turns (cracked at a few points), its surfaces retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish, and its breastplate decorated with three divergent bands of quadruple incised lines (the left tasset and gauntlet disarticulated at some points) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1600-10 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted internally with a quilted canvas lining sewn to a leather lining-band, within the brow with a fixed obtusely-pointed peak, over its outward-flanged rear edge with a rounded one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the hammer' finish overall (the left cheek-piece pitted) 30.0 cm; 11¾ in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge (cracked at one side) formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets formerly fitted with rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; one point of the brim pierced with a later suspension-hole) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY WITH EARLY 17TH CENTURY BURGONET comprising burgonet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to a rounded obtusely-pointed integral peak stuck at the front with the ownership mark of the Würtemberg Zeughaus, flanged outwards at the rear to receive an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard (pierced its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes) and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, within a raised circular boss, with five small auditory holes in dice-formation; 'Almain' collar formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest and fitted at each side with an integral spaudler of six lames of which the second is shaped to the point of the shoulder; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate with near-straight upper edge, projecting forward over the belly, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of two lames of which the second (associated) is cut over the crotch with a shallow arch; one-piece backplate with a shallow neck-opening flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of one lame; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, file- roped in the case of all elements except the burgonet, and the whole decorated with raised bands and borders burnished against a black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint; the spaudlers partly disarticulated at their upper ends) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Würtemberg Zeughaus, Germany

A GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1600 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb (with a small welded repair towards its front), projecting forward at the brow to an acutely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a later suspension-hole), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with a single small auditory-hole, the right (cracked beneath its hinge) struck at the front with the inventory number '116' beneath a cross, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns accompanied, except at the fronts of the cheek-pieces by recessed borders (very lightly patinated overall) 25.8 cm; 10? in Provenance The Solothurn Zeughaus, Switzerland

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE'BURGONET, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb (bruised and split towards its rear end), projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to a matching integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five auditory-holes in dice-formation, the front edges of the cheek-pieces connected to one another by a modern barred face defence formed of two horizontal strips and two narrower vertical strips, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns and its surfaces decorated with raised borders and longitudinal bands originally burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground but later covered, except in the case of the longitudinal bands at each side of the skull, with the same black paint used to refresh the blackened ground 29.0 cm; 11? in

THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN A SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, CIRCA 1550-60 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low boldly-roped medial comb, flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a single rounded rear gorget-plate, and fitted at front with a visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to it by common pivots with small-radially fluted heads, the visor (cracked at the centre of its upper edge) pierced beneath its stepped centrally-divided vision-slit with two rows of small circular ventilation-holes and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg (restored) serving additionally as a pull-release for a spring-catch (the spring broken) that engages a hole in the upper edge of the slightly prow-shaped upper bevor which is pierced at each side with nine columns of ventilation-holes matching those of the visor, the bevor (its left pivot-hole broken out) pierced at each side with six triangular groups of small circular auditory-holes in rosette-formation, secured to the skull and upper bevor at the right sides by spring-catches with push-button releases, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive two front gorget plates (associated and overlapped in the wrong direction), the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces decorated with bands and borders, partly raised and partly recessed, all burnished bright against an originally blackened ground (now cleaned to a mottled patina overall) 28.5 cm; 11¼ in

A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY LOW SAXON with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a markedly high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to a broad acutely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to a matching integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a later pair of suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at the rear of its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns and its surfaces decorated at each side of the crown with raised fleurs-de-lis and elsewhere with raised medial bands and borders burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against an originally blackened ground (now cleaned to a mottled patina overall; the bright surfaces with some pitting and patches of active rust) 30.0 cm; 11¾ in

A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET CIRCA 1550-60 with one-piece skull rising to a moderately high roped medial comb, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, cusped at the centre of its front edge and pierced at its centre with nine small auditory-holes of which eight surround a low circular boss and the ninth occupies its centre, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the borders lightly patinated in parts) 28.0 cm; 11 in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1550-60 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb, and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots bearing traces of engraved decoration, the forward-sloping visor fitted within the upper bevor at its front end and over it at the rear, pierced anteriorly with a centrally-divided vision-slit and fitted at its right side with a short mushroom-shaped lifting-peg (replaced) also serving as a pull to release a spring-catch that engages a hole in the slightly prow-shaped upper bevor which is pierced at each side with nine small keyhole-shaped ventilation-slits arranged in four columns, and the lower bevor strongly shaped to the point of the chin and pierced at each side with nine small circular auditory-holes in rosette formation, the lower and upper bevor each secured at the right side by spring-catches with push-button releases (the button in the latter instance replaced), and the lower edges of the skull and lower bevor flanged outwards to receive now-missing gorget-plates (the whole lightly pitted overall) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in

A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET CIRCA 1580-90 with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, fitted within the brow with an obtusely-pointed fixed peak, over its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with nine small auditory-holes in rosette formation, the main edges of the helmet formed, except at the front edges of the cheek-pieces, with file-roped inward turns accompanied by narrow grooves, and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the borders lightly patinated in parts) 29.5 cm; 11? in

A SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1550 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb (pierced at its apex with two later holes), and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots (replaced), the forward-sloping visor pierced in front of the file-roped step of its centrally-divided vision-slit with nine small ventilation-holes at each side, and fitted at the right with a combined wing-headed turning-pin and lifting-peg that fits into a shaped notch cut into the upper edge of the prow-shaped upper bevor, the latter pierced at its left-side with nine small circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, and at its right side with three vertical ventilation-slots, the upper and lower bevors each secured at their right sides by spring-catches with push-button releases, the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges (the flange of the bevor internally patched at its centre) and pierced with three pairs of holes, now plugged with blind rivets for the leathers that originally attached their gorget-plates, the upper bevor decorated medially and at its upper edge respectively with a band and border each burnished bright, along with the sides of the comb, against an originally black-from-the-hammer ground (now cleaned bright) 28.0 cm; 11 in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1530-40 with rounded one-piece skull (originally forming part of a burgonet) rising to a low boldly-roped medial comb and descending to a short stepped integral rear gorget-plate, visor and bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots, the former slightly stepped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit and fitted at its right with a modern square-headed lifting-peg, and the latter secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and fitted with a falling buff of one plate, supported at the right by a sprung stud and decorated medially with a roped rib flanked to either sided by four stepped flutes accompanied in the case of each of the outer three with vertical lines of five ventilation-holes, and a single rounded front gorget-plate, the lower edges of the helmet formed with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces retaining traces of a black-from-the-hammer finish (now cleaned bright; the edge of the crown patched at two points; the visor, falling buff and the front gorget-plate all reworked from authentic elements, the latter cracked at the centre of its lower edge) 29.0 cm; 11? in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, its rear fitted with a later plume-holder, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by nine (originally ten) lining-rivets of which all retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; one point and one side of the brim pierced with later suspension-holes) 25.5 cm; 10 in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN LIGHT FIELD ARMOUR IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising morion with rounded two-piece crown joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, its rear fitted with a later plume-holder, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear (the front one pierced with a later suspension-hole), the base of the crown encircled by ten blind lining-rivets all but one of which retains its brass rosette-washer; 'Almain' collar formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest and fitted at each side with an integral spaudler of six lames; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate with near-straight upper edge, projecting forward over the belly, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames of which the third is cut over the crotch with a shallow arch separating a pair of long tassets each of six lames, suspended from it by two straps and buckles; one-piece backplate with a shallow neck-opening flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of one lame (later cut at the centre of its lower edge with a chevron-shaped indentation); the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, partly file-roped and partly notched, the morion decorated at each side of its crown with a raised fleur-de-lis and the remainder of the armour decorated in all parts with raised bands and borders burnished against a black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed with paint; the left of the crown of the morion pierced with a later small lozenge-shaped hole; the first and second lames of the fauld disarticulated at their left end, and the inner strap for the suspension of the right tasset severed) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1600-10 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb (very slightly bruised at the left rear of its crest), fitted internally with a quilted canvas lining sewn to a leather lining-band, within the brow with a fixed rounded peak, over its outward-flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with nine small auditory-holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the-hammer' finish overall (the left cheek-piece pitted) 29.0 cm; 11? in

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak stuck at the front with an indistinct maker's mark and the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at the rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the hammer' finish overall (the skull corroded just to the front of the hinge for the right cheek-piece, and the hinge itself lacking one knuckle) 32.0 cm; 12? in

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, MID-16THCENTURY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising close helmet with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a low roped medial comb, visor, upper bevor and bevor (the first two restored and associated) attached to it at each side by common radially-fluted pivot (restored), the visor markedly stepped beneath its centrally divided vision-slit and fitted at its right side with a short lifting-peg, and the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with thirteen small ventilation-holes, and a single gorget-plate front and rear, the former descending to an obtuse point (the latter restored), the upper bevor and bevor each secured at the right side by a swivel-hook and pierced stud; collar, originally of 'Almain' type, formed of three lames front and rear, the lowest of which is in each case deeper than the rest; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate with near-straight upper edge, projecting forward over the belly, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames (restored), the third cut over the crotch with a shallow arch and fitted to either side of it with an integral tasset of five lames (restored, in part using old reworked lames); backplate with a straight upper edge fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame (associated and transversely cracked at its left side) flanged outwards to receive a deep culet of four lames (restored); large symmetrical pauldrons formed in each case of seven lames overlapping outwards from the third and largest of them, the lowest connected by a turner with a roped transverse rib to a fully articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon connected to one another by a winged couter of three lames and closed at the inside of the elbow by fifteen lames overlapping inwards to the eighth; mitten gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a moderately long, obtusely-pointed cuff (the right restored) with a fixed (originally hinged) inner plate, four metacarpal-plates in the case of the left and five in the case of the right (in both cases associated), a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, five finger-plates (those of the left restored and the last four of the right missing) and a laterally-hinged thumb-defence of four scales (probably restored, the last three scales of the right missing); cuisses (restored) each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its convex upper edge with short extension-plate, and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of five lames; and full-length tubular greaves each opening at their inside, cut at the heel with a slit to accommodate a spur, and at the lower front edge with an arch to accommodate an integral, broad-toed sabaton (restored) of ten lames overlapping inwards to the fifth; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, mostly roped and accompanied by recessed borders, and the collar further decorated with recessed bands and borders in the black and white fashion (lightly oxidised and tarnished overall; a few elements disarticulated in places) See note at the front of catalogue for information concerning stands

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb fitted at its rear with a later plume-holder, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a plain inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by twelve lining-rivets of which all but five retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with an octofoil enclosed within a circle bordered by stylised acanthus foliage burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the front point and each side of the brim pierced with later small suspension-holes) 27.0 cm; 10? in

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1600-10 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted internally with a quilted canvas lining sewn to a leather lining-band within the brow with a fixed obtusely-pointed peak, over its outward-flanged rear edge with a rounded one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, pierced at its centre with five small auditory-holes in dice-formation, and struck in the case of the right with the inventory number 128, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the hammer' finish overall (refreshed with paint) 27.0 cm; 10? in

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb decorated to either side of its crest with an incised line, fitted within the brow with an obtusely-pointed peak and over its outward-flanged rear edge with a rounded one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and reworked at its lower end) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its upper end with eight small auditory-holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the-hammer' finish overall (the left cheek-piece pitted) 28.0 cm; 11 in

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at the brow to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at the rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard (pierced at its centre with a pair of later suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with six small auditory-holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surfaces retaining a 'black-from-the hammer' finish overall (the metal of the skull showing some delamination at its left side and the centre of the peak showing some pitting) 30.0 cm; 11¾ in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, the comb enclosed between a pair of narrow raised band and the skull projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak and rearwards at the nape to a matching integral neck-guard (the latter pierced at its centre with a later pair of suspension-holes), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (in each case associated but from the same series) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and in the case of the left one pierced with four small auditory-holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns and its surfaces decorated with raised borders and longitudinal bands burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 28.5 cm; 11¼ in

A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, and 'swept' integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge (slightly chipped at one edge) formed with a notched inward turn, the base of the crown encircled by ten lining-rivets of which all but one retain their brass rosette-washers, and each side decorated in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (one point and one side of the brim pierced with later suspension-holes) 31.0 cm; 12? in (with cheek-pieces)

A SWISS DRUM & BELLS IN SIGHT MUSICAL BOX WITH ONE PIECE COMB AND 16CM PINNED CYLINDER IN STAINED WOOD CASE, 47CM W, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A hallmarked silver dressing table set comprising hand mirror, four brushes and comb, in fitted box, the comb marked Kent, London

A cased Art Deco hallmarked silver-mounted comb and brush set, the case also hallmarked silver-mounted, Birmingham 1927, width of case 16cm

A Hermes gentleman's leather travelling case with fitted interior, the red leather case marked Hermes Paris with 'H' catches, the interior with Hermes leather ring/cufflink box, metal soap dish, two metal after shave bottles and brush, all marked Hermes Paris and red leather comb holder, two non Hermes chrome items included (width 33cm)

Heavy industrial 18th-19th century flax shredding comb

Newfoundland. 1937 15ct Coronation comb perf 13_, unmounted mint block of 4. SG 263d (£192)/CW S32