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Mahogany and ebonised music box with 6" cylinder, the comb and bed plate stamped B.H.A, the box 15" wide

Nicole Freres music box, playing on eight airs, stamped `Nicole Freres a Geneve`, 20" wide (later tune sheet, comb a.f)

A SWISS BELLS INSIGHT MUSICAL BOX PLAYING EIGHT AIRS WITH ONE PIECE COMB IN EBONISED AND INLAID ROSEWOOD CASE, LATE 19TH C

An Edwardian oak swivel office/desk chair with pierced comb splat raised on swept quadruped supports

A pair of George V Arts and Crafts oak comb back side chairs with drop-in seats, on turned legs, together with an Edwardian mahogany tub back nursing chair.

A sterling backed circular hand mirror embossed with amorini and scrolls, four sterling backed brushes and a comb mount.

A carved wooden African twin handled bowl; a hair comb; and a catapult in the form of a seated grotesque figure (3)

Two late 19th century ivorine and ivory dressing table sets, with applied silver monograms, comprising four hairbrushes, two clothes brushes, glove stretchers, comb, brush, shoe horn and nail buffer.

An early 20th century tortoise shell hair comb, with pierced foliate decoration.

A silver mesh evening purse, import marked London 1912, to/w a comb in engine-turned case, Birmingham 1958, two silver patch-boxes, a 'Sherry' decanter label, thimble and a pierced bonbon bowl, 9.2 oz gross

A brass Metropolitan-pattern Fireman?s Helmet by Merryweather with dragon comb and chin scales

A fine plated Fire Officer?s Metropolitan-pattern helmet, the comb decorated with raised oak leaves and acorns, with chin scales and badge for Maidstone Volunteer Fire Brigade - lettered around ?Auxilium in Periculo?, in tinned iron carrying case with baize liner

A brass Metropolitan-pattern fireman?s helmet, with dragon comb and chin scales

A brass Metropolitan-pattern Kent fireman?s helmet, with dragon comb, raised Invicta badge, and CFB, possibly for Canterbury Fire Brigade

Set of four stained comb-back kitchen chairs, a modern slatback open armchair, a slatback carver, and another carver (6)

An Edwardian silver dressing table set, Chester 1906, relief-decorated with flowers, comprising of two brushes, mirror and comb (4)

A tray inc. a 19th century tortoiseshell decorative comb (a/f), 19th century blue and white Chinese export ceramics (a/f), Beswick corgies (a/f), a pair of composition dogs, cut glass bowls, coloured glass vase etc.

A George V silver four piece dressing table set by Edward Souter Barnsley and Co., Birmingham, 1920, together with a small silver teaspoon. Condition Report: This lot is hallmarked silver. The hand mirror has a noticeable dent to the back, the other three pieces have the usual small digs to the sides. The comb has been replaced.

A thistle engraved amethyst set hair comb, Birmingham hallmark 1907, maker's mark P&T.

A blue and white enamel brooch, with matching buttons, studs and brooch, and a sterling silver comb

A Walton Home Movie `How Noddy came to Toy Town` cine film reel, a cased enamel finish travelling set comprising brush, jars, and comb, `The English in Egypt Life of General Gordon and Other Pioneers of Freedom` book with green boards, 84cm high (3).

A ladies travelling set, comprising clothes brush and comb in fitted case, an Edwardian lidded jar of small proportion, circa 1910 and another painted with flowers, 3.5cm diameter (3).

A late Victorian purple leather travelling toilet case, fitted ivory brush and comb and three silver gilt mounted bottles.

Asprey: A silver gilt mounted vanity or dressing set, London 1961, the crocodile leather case containing moulded plastic bottles, brushes, jars, mirror and comb, quatrefoil hallmark and stamped ASPREY LONDON, the case applied with the initials MCC. Case 24cm by 37cm by 16cm

A Vernacular Windsor rocking chair, the arched top rail over comb back and downswept arms, solid seat on tapering turned legs and rockers, united by stretchers, 61cm wide x 101cm high x 72cm deep

A Platinon comb and various costume jewellery

A group of assorted silver items to include; c.19th Century pin buckle, thimble marked to the side `Tenby`, chatelaine button book, silver bodied pen knife, small engraved hook, white metal mounted glass seal stamp, hair comb. 7 items total.

A parcel lot of silver items including a pair of silver hand mirrors and a pair of silver hair brushes with ornate designs with the design including cherub faces with Birmingham and Chester hallmarks, a Birmingham hallmarked comb and a silver tray with flower head design border. (6)

**A COMPOSITE GERMAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED `MAXIMILIAN` FASHION, CIRCA 1520-30 comprising close helmet with rounded one-piece skull (repaired with brazing at the right of neck) rising to a low boldly roped medial comb, restored visor and bevor attached by common pivots fitted beneath their heads with rosette washers, the visor formed as a grotesque Turk`s mask, and a single restored gorget-plate front and rear, collar of three lames front and rear (the top two in each case restored and the lowest modified from that of a later `Almain` collar), breastplate formed of a rounded main plate fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset, at the right of the chest with a detachable folding lance-rest (restored), and within its lower edge with a waist-lame (restored) flanged outwards to receive an associated and partly composite fauld of four lames fitted at the centre of its lower edge with a prominent one-piece codpiece, and to either side of it with an integral tasset of four lames (the lowest three in each case restored), backplate formed of a central main plate and a pair of side-plates rigidly riveted to one another (the main and left plates each with a small patched repair), and a restored waist-lame and culet of three lames, pair of pauldrons (largely restored but incorporating genuine plates), each formed of seven lames of which the lowest three extend inwards only to the armpit and of which the front of the third is fitted in the case of the right with an upstanding modern haute-piece mounted on a stud and turning-pins, and in the case of the left with a modern reinforcing-plate extending upwards as an integral haute-piece and attached by a screw, pair of three-piece tubular vambraces, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame, at its elbow with a large one-piece bracelet couter (replacing an articulated one) and a series of lames at the inside of the bend, pair of modern gauntlets each formed of a short, flaring, straight-ended tubular cuff, five metacarpal-lames, a knuckle-plate decorated with a boldly roped transverse rib, five finger-lames and the main plate of a laterally hinged finger-defence, pair of cuisses each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its lower end with a winged poleyn of four lames, and a pair of greaves each of full-length tubular form and terminating in a broad-toed sabaton of nine lames, the main edges of the armour formed for the most part with inward turns, mostly roped and accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces, except on the greaves, decorated with bands and panels of flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines (the flutes of some elements later added) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 26 October 1950, lot 97 JWHA Inv. No. 2877 (main armour), JWHA Inv. No 404. (backplate and gauntlets) and JWHA Inv. No. 3018 (greaves and sabatons) Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester 1961, p. 39 (the backplate pp. 50-1) Exhibited Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 17 October - 30 November 1980 `Medieval and Renaissance Splendor`, Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, 9 February - 1 May 1984

**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1570-80 comprising composite close helmet with one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb and fitted at the nape with a later plume-holder of brass, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull at each side by common pivots (replaced), the visor with a stepped, centrally divided vision-slit fitted at its right with a lifting-peg (replaced), the upper bevor with a near-vertical profile, pierced at its right side with five ventilation-holes in dice-formation, the lower bevor secured to it at the right by a swivel-hook and pierced stud (restored), and two gorget-plates front and rear, collar of two lames front and rear (the lowest in each case originally decorated with recessed bands), breastplate formed of a main plate of deep `peascod` fashion, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets (the right patched) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a restored fauld of one lame and a pair of pendent tassets of trapezoidal form, each of thirteen lames (extensively patched at their articulating points), one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge, large asymmetrical pauldrons each of six lames of which the lowest three extend inwards only to the armpit, and of which the third is fitted at its the front in the case of the right with an upstanding modern haute-piece mounted on a mushroom-headed studs and turning-pins, and in the case of the left with a large modern reinforcing-plate extending upwards as an integral haute-piece and attached by a screw, pair of fully articulated tubular vambraces, each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame (the left associated) and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of three lames, pair of modern gauntlets, each formed of a flared and obtusely pointed tubular cuff, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, scaled finger and thumb-defences (those of the left incomplete), pair of modern cuisses each formed of a short gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of five lames formed at the outside of the third with a small medially-puckered oval side-wing, and a pair of modern greaves each of full-length tubular form fitted at its lower end with a round-toed sabaton of eight lames, the main edges of the armour formed with roped inward turns and its surface etched in bands and borders on a stippled and blackened ground with trophies, winged cherub`s heads, masks and fabulous beasts, enclosed by narrower band of cabling or, in the case of the pauldrons and vambraces, by engrailing repeated at their subsidiary edges, except on the gauntlets which are etched in their main bands with strapwork interlace (the etching modern throughout except on the breastplate and pauldrons) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Duke of Osuna, Beauraing, Belgium Victor Bachereau, Paris Edmund C. Converse, sold American Art Association, New York, 26th November 1927, lot 291, $2,100 JWHA Inv. No. 403 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester 1961, p. 88, illustrated

**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, CIRCA 1570-80 comprising close helmet with one-piece skull rising to a high boldly-roped medial comb pierced towards its rear with three later transverse holes, associated and reworked visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached by common pivots (replaced), the visor with a stepped, centrally divided vision-slit fitted at its right with a lifting-loop (replaced), the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its left and right sides respectively with seven and nine circular ventilation holes in rosette formation, the lower bevor secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook and projecting ring (restored; a similar fastening for the upper bevor missing), and three associated gorget-plates front and rear, collar of three lames front and rear, the lowest deeper than the rest, breastplate formed of a main plate of deep `peascod` fashion, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets, at the right of the chest with an associated lance-rest having incised decoration and an elaborately shaped base-plate, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive an associated fauld of one lame bearing a pair of pendent tassets each of four lames (restored using old plates), one-piece backplate boxed over the shoulder-blades and flanged outwards at its lower edge, large, slightly asymmetrical pauldrons (not a pair and slightly composite), each of seven lames of which the lowest four extend inwards only to the armpit, and of which the third is fitted at its front, in the case of the right, with an upstanding modern haute-piece mounted on mushroom-headed studs, and in the case of the left with a large modern reinforcing-plate extending upwards as an integral haute-piece and attached by a screw, pair of fully articulated tubular vambraces each fitted at its upper end with a turner of three lames (the top two of the left restored), and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of five lames, the left having screwed to its front a large modern reinforce, pair of modern gauntlets, each formed of a flared and obtusely pointed cuff with a separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates (the first in each case pierced with a later hole for mounting purposes), a shaped knuckle-plate, scaled finger and thumb-defences, and leather lining-glove, pair of cuisses (the right restored) each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of five lames formed at the outside of the third with a small medially-puckered oval side-wing, and a pair of greaves each of full-length tubular form fitted at its lower end with a round-toed sabaton of nine lames, the main edges of the armour formed for the most part with roped inward turns, generally accompanied by roped ribs or recessed borders, and its subsidiary edges decorated at many points with pairs of incised lines See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Duke of Osuna Purchased by Mrs John W, Higgins as a present for her husband from Liberty & Co, London, on 1 March 1929 JWHA Inv. No. 207 Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1928-30 Filene`s, Worcester, Massachusetts, as part of Worcester Polytechnic School exhibit March 1938 Lee W. Court Associate, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1956 `The Pen and the Sword: Martial Arts Manuals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe`, John W. Higgins Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 26 October 2006 - 27 May 2007

**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CORSLET WITH ETCHED DECORATION, PARTLY BY THE `MASTER OF THE CASTLE` OF MILAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising morion with rounded one-piece crown rising to a high roped medial comb (perforated near the front), and `swept` integral brim rising to an acute point front and rear (the rear with a small welded repair, collar of two lames front and rear (the upper one in each case restored), breastplate formed of a main plate of deep `peascod` fashion, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets (the right restored) and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive an associated fauld of one lame and a pair of pendent tassets each of four lames (restored, the right damaged at its inner end), pair of large symmetrical pauldrons, each formed of six lames of which the lowest three extend inwards only to the armpit (both with patched repairs), two fully articulated tubular vambraces (not a pair), each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame (the left originally surmounted by at least one more), and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames, and two gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a flared and round-ended tubular cuff, four metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle and finger-plate, the main plate of a laterally hinged thumb-defence (restored) and a detached scaled defence for the second finger of the right gauntlet, the main edges of the armour formed almost throughout with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces, except on the fauld and top of the collar, decorated with etching on a stippled and blackened ground (in part worn), that of the morion consisting of strapwork interlace occupied by trophies of arms, birds, fabulous beasts and human figures in both classical and contemporary dress, and that of the remainder consisting of bands and borders of trophies of arms generally enclosed by narrow bands of cabling and enclosing in the interspaces and volutes of the fronts and rears of the pauldrons, busts and full-length figures of classical warriors, and involving at the neck-opening of the breastplate the device of a two-towered castle; together with a pair of modern scaled chin-straps, each etched on a stippled and blackened ground with running foliage in the German fashion of the 16th century, and a pair of modern cuisses each of four lames, fitted at their lower ends with winged poleyns of four lames and etched with bands and borders of etching in the Italian fashion of the second half of the 16th century See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Victor A. Bachereau, Paris, Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York Edmund C. Converse, sold American Art Association, New York, 26 November 1927, lot 294, $4,300 (with horse armour) JWHA Inv. No. 406 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 83, illustrated The device of a castle etched at the neck-opening of the breastplate represents the signature of one of the most important Milanese armourers of the late 16th century, know to scholars today as the `Master of the Castle`. It is possible that he, like his contemporary, Pompeo della Chiesa, was privileged to work in the Castello Sforzesco, residence of the Dukes of Milan. Other extant works bearing his signature include the fine garniture made for Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince Bishjop of Salzburg, probably after 1587, and now divided between the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, the Wallace Collection, London, and the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, as well as various armours preserved in the Museo Civico L. Marzoli, Brescia, the Real Armeria, Turin, the Real Armeria, Madrid, the Musée de l`Armée, Paris, and the Wallace Collection, London (C. R. Beard, The Barberini and Some Allied Armours, pp. 1924, 11-12; K. Maurice, `Armour for an Archbishop`, Apollo, Vol. CXII, pp. 474-5; Norman, 1986, pp. 29, 32-3 & 36-7; and D. J. LaRocca, `A Notable Group of Late Sixteenth-Century Etched Italian Armour`, Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol. XVI, no. 4, March 2000, pp. 181-97).

**A COMPOSITE GERMAN CUIRASSIER`S ARMOUR, IN PART PROBABLY BY MARTIN SCHNEIDER THE YOUNGER, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1620 comprising Zischägge with a two-piece hemispherical skull joined along the crest of a low file-roped medial comb fitted at its rear with a modern plume-tube of brass, the skull projecting forward to a short, obtusely-pointed integral peak pierced at its centre with a rectangular slot to receive a sliding nasal-bar (restored) expanding at its lower end to a large rounded triangular finial and secured at the brow by a modern staple and screw, fitted at the nape with an associated neck-guard of three lames, the last of which is formed at its lower edge with a prominent central cusp, and at each side with a modern forward-sloping hinged cheek-piece of two lames, the upper one embossed with a flower-head, collar of two lames front and rear (the lower rear one restored), one-piece backplate of late `peascod` fashion, struck internally, just below the neck, with the large letter `T`, and formed at it lower edge with a flange later fitted at each side with a projecting screw and wing-nut to attach a pair of composite cuisses each formed of a single boxed upper lame from which are suspended, by means of a pair of modern straps and buckles, a further eleven lames of which the last is fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames, one-piece breastplate struck at the neck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and a maker`s mark consisting of a pair of scissors within a shield, and formed at it lower edge with a short flange, large asymmetrical pauldrons (not a pair), the left of seven lames and the right of six, two vambraces (not a pair) of fully articulated tubular form, each of late 16th century Italian make and fitted at its upper edge with a turner of one lame and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of three lames, and two gauntlets (not a pair) each formed of a flared and pointed cuff with a separate inner plate, several metacarpal-plates (four in the case of the left and five in the case of the right), a knuckle-plate decorated with a file-roped transverse rib, and a shaped finger-plate (composed and in part reworked from old plates), the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns, mostly roped and in many cases accompanied by lining-rivets retaining the remains of crimson velvet piccadils edged with gold bullion, and a few of the main edge, along with most of the subsidiary ones and three divergent bands of the breastplate and backplate respectively decorated with double or treble incised lines (in part later additions) gilt against a blued ground (some minor damage and patching throughout) Provenance Sumner Healey, New York, 6 June 1932 Exhibited `The Art of Collecting, J. W. Higgins Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, October, 1984 Travelling exhibition visiting several locations in the south of the U.S.A. February 2004- September 2008 JWHA Inv. No. 1737 The mark of the scissors struck on the backplate is probably identifiable as that of the Nuremberg armourer Martin Schneider the Younger (his surname translates into English as `Tailor` ). The same or similar mark can be found on other Nuremberg pieces such as a steel target in the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Ehrenthal 1898, p. 34), as well as another in the J. W. Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, JWHA Inv. No. 2647 (`The Age of Armor`, 13 February 2003 - 31 August 2003). It is also to be found on an armour in the Musée d`Art et d`Histoire, Geneva, and a breastplate in the Hallwyll House Museum, Stockholm, Cat. No. E.2.

**A GERMAN CAP-A PIE FIELD ARMOUR FOR A CHILD IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, POSSIBLY MUNICH, 19TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb and fitted at the nape with a brass plume-holder, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common cinquefoil pivots, the visor sloping forward to a stepped and centrally divided vision-slit and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg, the near-upright upper bevor pierced at its left with small circular ventilation-holes and at its right with diagonal ventilation-slots, the upper and lower bevor`s each secured by spring-catches, and two gorget plates front and rear, collar of four lames front and rear, the lowest in each case deeper than the rest, breastplate formed of main plate of deep `peascod` fashion fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames and an integral pair of tassets each of five lames the lowest of which is deeper than the rest and descends to a convex edge, backplate formed of a main plate with nearly straight upper edge struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and fitted at its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of three lames, pair of large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of seven lames of which the lowest four extend inwards only as far as the armpit and are connected in each case by a turner to a fully articulated tubular vambrace with a winged bracelet couter of three lames, pair of gauntlets each formed of a short, flaring, straight-ended cuff fitted at its inside with a fixed separate plate, four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a roped transverse rib, four scaled finger-defences and a matching laterally-hinged thumb-defence, pair of cuisses each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its convex upper edge with a short extension-lame and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of four lames, and a pair of greaves each of full-length tubular form fitted at the rear with a separate heel-plate and at the front with an integral broad-toed sabaton of nine lames, the main edges of the armour decorated with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, the `strands` of the roping separated by pairs of incised lines, its secondary edges decorated with scallops each punched with a single dot and enclose to the inside by single incised line, and the waist of the breastplate and backplate each decorated with incised cabling 124.5 cm; 49 in high See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance William Randolph Hearst, St Donat`s Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales Black, Starr and Gorham Inc., New York, 9 December 1959 JWHA Inv. No. 3159 Exhibited Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 18 March - 16 September 1963 `Road Warriors: Knight Riders`, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 24 June - 4 September 2000 The present lot forms part of a group of complete armours and close helmets, often of a size intended for wear by a boy, made in Munich in the late 19th century (see for example Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 20 March 2013, lot 305). The armour offered here was was refurbished for William Randolph Hearst by his armourer Raymond Bartel whose mark, a helm over the initials RB is applied to a brass plate fitted within the right pauldron

**A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER`S CLOSE HELMET, PROBABLY DUTCH OR ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined along the crest of moderately high medial comb, pierced at several points with transverse holes perhaps for lacing up a plume, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common domed pivots, the restored visor sloping forward to a stepped, centrally-divided vision-slit, and the restored upper bevor of blunt prow-shaped form pierced at each side with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, and a single deep gorget-plate front and rear (the former patched at its left end and the latter pierced at its centre with a later sub-rectangular hole, probably for mounting-purposes), their lower edges formed with plain inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the subsidiary edges of the helmet decorated with single incised lines 40 cm; 15 3/4 in high Provenance The armoury of the Earls of Pembroke, Wilton House, Wiltshire, sold Sotheby`s, London, 23 June 1921 and 14 June 1923 Henry Furmage, London, 7 August 1930 JWHA Inv. No. 1230

**A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER`S CLOSE HELMET, POSSIBLY ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, LATER ADAPTED TO FUNERARY USE with two-piece skull joined along the crest of a moderately high medial comb, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common domed pivots (replaced), the visor sloping forward to a stepped pair of vision-slits, each of the latter with a partial turn at its upper edge accompanied by a recessed border and incised line, the blunt, slightly concave prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, and the bevor fitted at each side with separate pivoting-arm attached by rivets and formed in two halves joined medially by rivets, and deep gorget-plate front and rear, the front one, originally forming part of a pikeman`s collar, descending to an acute point marked with the initial N, and the rear one decorated at its centre with fifteen round-headed rivets in rosette formation, both formed at their lower edges with plain inward turns accompanied by a single incised line, the skull decorated at each side with three pairs of incised lines radiating from the pivots and the subsidiary edges of the visor and upper bevor decorated with single incised lines (extensively pitted overall and showing some rust-perforations) 42 cm; 16 1/2 in high Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 3168 For close helmets preserved or formerly preserved in English churches with similar incised decoration, see Martin Holmes, `A Helmet from Upper Winchendon Church, Buckinghamshire`, Antiquaries Journal, Vol. XL, pt. II, September, 1965, pp. 183-91, pls. XLVIII-LI The N struck on the front gorget-plate appears to represent the second half of the elided initials AN used by the London armourer Anthony Newman (made free 1635, presented mark 1638/9, died 1653). See T. Richardson 2004, pp. 64-5.

**AN ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET WITH ETCHED DECORATION, CIRCA 1560 with one-piece skull rising to a high boldly roped comb fitted at its apex with a small loop, perhaps for tying up a plume (patched and holed around and beneath the latter) and pierced to either side of the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment of a plume-holder, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by modern pivots fitted beneath their small round heads with large rosette washers, the restored visor formed with a stepped and centrally-divided vision-slit and the restored upper bevor of blunt prow-shaped form pierced at each side with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, and two short articulated gorget-plates front and rear (the front ones restored), the main edges of the helmet formed with roped inwards turns generally accompanied by recessed borders, and the subsidiary edges of the gorget-plates decorated with pairs of incised lines, each side of the comb and the main borders etched with running foliage enclosed to the inside by delicate interlacing filigree-like vine-leaves, the etching bearing traces of later gilding and the intervening spaces later painted black (the whole showing extensive wear throughout) 32 cm; 12 1/2 in high Provenance Sumner Healey, New York, 21 May 1937 JWHA Inv. No. 2364 For similarly decorated Italian armours of the same period as the helmet, see Karen Watts, `The Armour of the Knights of St John, Malta`, Royal Armouries Year Book, Vol. 3, 1998, pp. 29-36, figs 1-11

**A COMPOSITE ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1590, LATER ADAPTED TO FUNERARY USE with one-piece skull rising to a low file-roped medial comb (patched and transversely-pierced at its apex where it was at one time fitted with a spike for the attachment of a funerary crest), peak, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots with radially fluted domed heads, the peak (associated) projecting forward to a rounded edge which is connected to the U-shaped upper edge of the upper bevor (associated and cut) by a face-guard of five vertical bars widening to a quatrefoil at its centre and to circular terminals top and bottom, each decorated with circular bosses, the lower bevor fitted at the right of the chin with a swivel-hook to engage a pierced stud riveted above it on the upper bevor, the flanged lower edge of the skull fitted with a single neck-lame (originally accompanied by one more at least), the subsidiary edges of the helmet decorated with single incised lines and the whole painted gold externally and black internally 31 cm; 11 1/4 in high Provenance William Randolph Hearst, sold Gimbel Brothers, New York, 31 October 1941 JWHA Inv. No. 2651 The painting of the helmet was applied by the Higgins Museum on 20 December 1941

**A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET IN THE `BLACK AND WHITE` FASHION, CIRCA 1570-80 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, fitted at the nape with a large tapering plume-tube and at its flanged lower edge with a neck-guard of one lame (restored), projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed peak pierced at the centre of the brow with a rectangular hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar retained by a staple and wing-headed screw (both the nasal-bar and its fittings restored), and fitted at the sides with hinged cheek-piece (restored) the forward ends of which overlap and are fastened to one another by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and bear a sturdy rectangular staple to receive the lower end of the nasal-bar, the centre of each cheek-piece pierced with nine holes in rosette formation and flanged outwards at their lower edges to receive a separate front neck-guard each of one lame, the whole decorated with bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (lightly pitted overall) 41 cm; 16 1/8 in high Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2611

**A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to an upturned obtusely-pointed integral peak (the point patched), fitted at the nape with a tapering tubular plume-holder, at its flanged lower edge with a neck-guard of one obtusely-pointed lame, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece pierced at its centre with nine small auditory holes in rosette formation and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a separate front neck-guard continuing the line of that at the rear (the main plate of the right cheek-piece associated and slightly reworked, its neck-guard and the whole of the left cheek-piece restored), the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders enclosed to the inside in each case by narrow grooves, and its secondary edges scalloped and bordered by pairs of incised lines (showing mottled patination overall and some pitting on the main plate of the right cheek-piece) 36 cm; 14 in high Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, purchased from his estate, 28 September 1929 JWHA Inv. No. 875 The helmet is shown in plate 7 (third from left) of a photograph album recording the stock-of the Parisian dealer Louis Bachereau about 1890 (copy in the library of the J. W. Higgins Armory Museum).

**AN ITALIAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to a slightly upturned obtusely-pointed integral peak (the point cracked) and backwards to a matching integral neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (restored) with a straight forward edge projecting downwards beneath the chin, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the crown decorated around its base and to either side of the comb with pairs of incised lines 35 cm; 13 3/4 in high Provenance Frank Macomber, Boston, Massachusetts, sold 10-12 December 1936, lot 429 JWHA Inv. No. 2430 Exhibited Schnectady Museum, New York, 4 June - 13 September 1979 Lowe Museum, Miami, Florida, 1 December 1979 - 13 January 1980 `The Pen and the Sword: Martial Arts Manuals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe`, J. W. Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 26 October 2006 - 27 May 2007

**A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1580 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb (bruised and cracked at its apex), projecting forward to a short obtusely-pointed integral peak, the front of which is struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, fitted at its flanged lower edge with a neck-guard of one obtusely-pointed lame, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the right associated and the left restored) pierced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation and flanged outwards at its lower edge to continue the line of the neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns accompanied in the case of the cheek-pieces by a recessed border, the surface of the helmet retaining traces of an originally blackened finish (showing a mottled patina overall) 28 cm; 11 in high Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, purchased from his estate, 28 September 1929, No. 110 JWHA Inv. No. 978

**A SOUTH GERMAN COMB MORION, CIRCA 1580 with rounded one-piece crown rising to a high file-roped medial comb, and integral brim strongly turned down at each side and rising to an obtuse point front and rear (the points in both cases bruised), the edge of the brim formed with a file-roped inward turn and the base of the crown encircled by sixteen round-headed lining rivets (replaced), the centre two at each side, together with another located just above and between them, originally retaining a chin-straps, and the nape fitted with a tapering tubular plume-holder (the whole with a mottle light patina) 32 cm; 12 1/2 in high Provenance George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 28 November 1928, lot 150 JWHA Inv. No. 642

**THE SKULL OF A NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER`S POT, MID-17TH CENTURY of two-piece construction joined along the crest of a low medial comb, its front edge projecting forward to a downturned obtusely-pointed peak pierced at its centre rear with a rectangular hole to receive a missing sliding nasal-bar originally retained by a staple and locking-screw now represented only by the holes for the attachment of the former, and the rear and sides of the skull respectively pierced with holes for rivets or still fitted with them for the attachment of a missing neck-guard and cheek-pieces, the peak struck at the right with the crowned IR government ownership mark of the time of James II of England, and formed at its free edge with a plain inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (heavily patinated and pitted overall with some losses due to corrosion at the right of the peak) 18 cm; 7 in high Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 452

**A BURGONET IN THE EUROPEAN STYLE OF THE MID-16TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY with a one-piece hemispherical crown rising to moderately high medial comb, fitted at its brow with a large tapering tubular plume-holder, projecting forward to a slightly upturned rounded peak with an outward-turned free edge, fitted at each side with two long strips each hinged at seven points and terminating in rectangular slots, and pierced between them with further slots, probably for the attachment of cheek-pieces 40.5 cm; 16 in high Provenance Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York, purchased from his estate 28 September 1929 JWHA Inv. No. 881

**A BROW-REINFORCE FOR TOURNAMENT USE, PROBABLY GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a medial ridge at its lower end that increases in height towards its upper end to accommodate the front of the comb of the underlying close helmet, formed with a low boss at each of its outer ends to accommodate the underlying visor-pivots, cut with a broad shallow notch at its lower front edge to clear the upper edge of the vision-slit of the underlying visor, and pierced at each side with a large hole to accommodate the screws that secured it to that visor 25.2 cm; 10 in wide Provenance George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 28 November 1928, lot 147 JWHA Inv. No. 641 A comparable brow-reinforce was sold by Thomas Del Mar Ltd on 12 December 2007, lot 357. Another can be recorded in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. No. 14.25.545. It is likely that such reinforces were intended for use in the tourney or foot tourney.

**AN ETCHED MINIATURE CLOSE HELMET IN THE 16TH CENTURY STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY formed of a rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a low roped medial comb, fitted at its flanged lower edge with a deep one-piece rear gorget-plate and at each side with a brow-plate, visor and bevor attach by common pivots (broken out), the rounded visor pierced at each side with four long vertical vision-slits, the bevor fitted within its lower edge with a neck-lame flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a deep front gorget-plate cusped twice at each side, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces etched overall within plain borders with scrolling foliage involving flower-heads and at the centre of the front gorget-plate, a winged dragon, all on a stippled and blackened ground Provenance Armatura Norsa, Venice, 4 November 1909 JWHA Inv. No. 246 The helmet is from the same hand as the breastplate sold from the collections of the J. W. Higgins Museum by Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 20 March 2013, lot 364

A 19thC nickel plated Fire Officer`s helmet, with dragon embossed comb, the front double axe badge with embroidered interior and part metal chin strap, with adjustable leather end, 26cm high.

A 19thC ash and elm spindle back grandfather chair, with comb back, scroll arms and turned supports joined by an H stretcher, 105cm high.

A cased George V child's silver mounted travelling set comprising comb, mirror, brush and pill box, Birmingham 1926.

A silver brush and mirror set, together with two matching brushes (by Mappin & Webb, London, various dates), together with a silver mounted comb and a cased set of two silver plated brushes

A Victorian door stop; and another item, possibly a wool comb

A 19thC elm comb back low windsor chair

A pair of glass Dressing Table Jars with silver covers, silver backed three piece dressing table set, a silver mounted comb and a plated dressing table tray.

A quantity of hallmarked English silver to include a hand mirror, a pair of clothes brushes, three miniature trophy cups, four napkin rings, a dwarf candlestick, a cigarette box, a cover and two comb mounts.

A silver-backed dressing table set with all over engine-turned decoration, comprising two brushes, and a mirror and comb

A boxed dressing table set comprising, brushes, mirror, comb and dressing table clock, all with decorative enamelled backs, similar silver mounted brushes and other items

A 19th century Swiss cylinder music box, single-piece steel comb and integral winding crank, in rosewood and grained rosewood case with inlay, cylinder 11in.

A French Cuirassier’s helmet c 1870, steel skull, brass binding to front and back peaks, black fur turban, ornamental brass comb with Medusa head finial and grenade, leather backed chinchain and ear rosettes, red tuft plume in socket, red feather side plume in socket, black horse hair trailing plume (restored), leather liner. Good Condition Plate 12

A Birmingham Silver Mounted and Pale Green Enamelled 4 Piece Dressing Table Set, comprising of hand mirror, 2 brushes and comb, Birmingham 1947