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A mid-19th century Windsor comb-back armchair, ash, elm and beech, with cut-back arm-supports, together with a continental walnut single chair, turned frame with embossed leather seat and back

A cased silver condiment set, Birmingham 1973, a pair of monogrammed silver clothes brushes, Sheffield 1928, silver-mounted comb and three other items

A silver post war four piece dressing table set, comprising hand mirror, clothes brush, hair brush and comb, all with engine turned decoration, hallmarked Birmingham, with date letters for 1947 onwards, with fitted box.

George V silver and tortoiseshell dressing table set comprising hairbrush, hand mirror, comb, oval tray, trinket box and two glass toilet bottles, each with inlaid silver ribbon swag borders by Walker & Hall, Birmingham 1927/28 (7)

George V silver backed hand mirror with harebell and swag borders by Mappin & Webb, London 1912 together with a pair of silver backed hairbrushes and comb, retailed by J W Benson Ltd, Chester 1906 (5)

A pair of Windsor chairs, each with comb back central splat, loop arms, baluster turned legs united by crinoline stretcher (2)

A country ash comb back chair, the simple top rail turned splats, hoop arm, shaped solid seat, raised on splayed feet united by stretcher

A CLOSE HELMET IN 16th CENTURY STYLE, with one piece skull with low cable comb, fitted at the nape with a conical plume holder and a rear neck guard, the visor with twin eye slits and vertical ventilation slits, the bevor shaped for the chin and forming a short neck guard, on a turned wooden display stand. Height 30cm

A Zulu wooden comb with typical concentric ring carving, h. 25 cm, together with a South African carved horn snuff bottle, the terminal in the form of a stylised deer's head, h. 13 cm, both with old paper labels CONDITION REPORT: Both in good condition EXTRA INFO: Please refer to images for condition as these will show up faults. In our view the comb is in exceptionally good condition with only very minor wear, the same applies to the snuff bottle although there is an old crack running along the grain beneath the collar to the right of the stopper. There is minor wear but there does not appear to be any losses PLEASE SEE EXTRA IMAGES

A quantity of African figural carvings, together with a fly whisk * PLEASE NOTE COMB AND HORN SNUFF BOTTLE ARE NOT PART OF THIS LOTCONDITION REPORT: Some with damage

A silver mounted hand mirror and matching hairbrush, each with floral decoration and a similar silver mounted comb, various dates and makers CONDITION REPORT: some dents and wear

A silver mounted hand mirror, a similar comb and two silver mounted dressing table containers, various dates and makers

A SIX PIECE GUILLOCHE ENAMEL DRESSING TABLE SET, comprising two hairbrushes, a mirror, a comb holder and two clothes brushes (6)

A set of six silver gilt coffee spoons with coloured enamelled decoration, in fitted case, Birmingham 1934, a glass bowl and silver pickle fork in case and silver frames for a hand mirror and comb.

A George V silver backed dressing table set, comprising rectangular tray, two pairs of brushes, mirror, comb, button hook, shoehorn and comb (see illustration).

A 19th century Dutch silver snuff box date letter for 1858, of square serpentine form with engraved comb lines to sides, the raised top with engraved strapwork decoration, the base with engraved stripes, 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) square, weight 26.4g.

An Elizabeth II silver mounted part dressing table set W. G. Sothers Ltd., Birmingham 1952, with engine turned and floral engraved decoration, comprising a hand mirror, hair brush, clothes brush and comb mount. (4)

** A DUTCH CUIRASSIER`S CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1620 with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of a low medial comb and fitted at the nape with a tapering plume-holder formed at its upper edge as a crown, obtusely-pointed peak and bevor attached to the skull by common pivots, the first fitted on its underside with a triple-barred face-guard bearing traces of incised decoration and the second cut with a broad U-shaped face-opening, the bevor and skull secured to one another at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook and pierced stud (the former replaced) and flanged outwards at their lower edges to receive in each case a gorget-plate of one lame (the front restored and the rear fitted at its centre with two sturdy staples for mounting purposes), the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns accompanied at the front of the peak by a recessed border and elsewhere by single incised lines repeated at subsidiary edges (moderately pitted overall) 31.5 cm; 12½ in

** A CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, PARTLY SOUTH GERMAN, CIRCA 1530, AND PARTLY 19TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded skull rising to low boldly roped medial comb, fitted at the nape with a plume-holder and at the front with a bellows visor and bevor attached to it by common pivots, the lower edges of the skull and bevor formed with internally hollowed rims to lock over the upper edge of the collar, the latter formed of four lames front and rear, rounded breastplate with a detachable folding lance-rest, moveable gussets at the arm-openings and a flanged waist-lame supporting a fauld of three lames, the lowest cut with a shallow arch over the crotch and having suspended to either side of it from a pair of metal hinges a tasset of four lames, straight-topped backplate fitted with a flanged waist-plate supporting a culet of one lame, pauldrons each of six lames, the second and largest of which is fitted at its upper end with a haute-piece, and the last of which is connected by a turner to a tubular upper cannon with winged bracelet couter of three lames, left gauntlet formed of a slightly flared and rounded tubular cuff formed with a small boss over the lower end of the ulna and fitted at its lower end with five metacarpal-plates of which the fourth projects over the base of the thumb, a knuckle-plate with a boldly-roped transverse rib, and a shaped finger-plate, right gauntlet with flared and slightly rounded tubular cuff fitted within its lower edge with two wrist-plates, four metacarpal-plates and a knuckle-plate with a file-roped transverse rib, long gutter-shaped cuisses each fitted at its upper end with an extension-plate and at its lower end with a winged poleyn of four lames, and a pair of tubular greaves terminating in integral broad-toed sabatons each of eight lames, the main edges of the armour, with the exception of those of the right gauntlet, boldly roped, and its surfaces finely etched with bands and borders of running symmetrical and asymmetrical foliage on a stippled and blackened ground, enclosed throughout by an engrailed border terminating at the apex of each cusp with a dot, the decoration of the central band of the breastplate involving a classical warrior flanked by a pair dolphins and surmounting a trophy of arms, and the interspaces to the right and left of the band respectively occupied by a representation of a kneeling knight in armour beneath scrolls bearing the inscription `gott sei / genedig uns / súndern` (God be merciful to us sinners), and Christ on the cross with a skull and crossed bones by a detachable folding lance-rest lying at his feet, the secondary edges decorated with band of guilloche, again within an engrailed border, and the right gauntlet decorated at both its main and subsidiary edges with cabling accompanied by narrow bands of dots The main plate of the breastplate, the whole of the backplate, the left gauntlet, the main plates of both cuisses and the sabatons are probably of 16th century German make, the left gauntlet of early 17th century Italian make and the remainder of 19th century make. The etched decoration of the borders of the main plate of the breastplate, of the distal half of the left gauntlet and the whole of the decoration of the right gauntlet appear to be original)

** A SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1540 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb, and `sparrow`s beak` visor and bevor attached to it by common pivots (replaced), the associated visor pierced beneath its stepped, centrally-divided vision-slit with eight circular ventilation-holes and beneath its `beak` with sixteen similar holes of which those at the right have been opened out to a trefoil form, the right further fitted with a lifting-peg (restored) and a swivel-hook (restored) to engage a stud projecting from the right of the bevor, the bevor secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch, the flanged lower edges of both elements pierced with later holes, and the whole decorated at points with pairs of incised lines (very lightly patinated overall) 26.5 cm; 10½ in

** A NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1580 of notable weight, with rounded one-piece skull rising to a moderately high file-roped medial comb, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots (replaced), the visor stepped in front of its centrally divided vision slit and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg (restored), the near vertical-fronted upper bevor pierced at its right with nine small circular ventilation-holes enclosed within an engraved radial design, and secured to the lower bevor at the right of the chin by a swivel-hook and radially-fluted mushroom-shaped stud (both restored), the lower bevor and skull fastened to one another at the neck by a restored strap and buckle, and two short gorget-plates front and rear (the lower rear one associated), the whole decorated at its main edges with a file-rope inward turn and elsewhere with pairs of incised lines 31.0 cm; 12¼ in

** A SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1550-60 with one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb decorated along its crest with notching and pierced at the nape with a pair of rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots with radially fluted heads (replaced), the forward-sloping visor with a roped step in front of its broad single vision-slit and pierced beneath it with six diagonal ventilation-slots, the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right with six small circular ventilation-holes and at each side with a later and larger hole of trefoil form, the lower bevor projecting forward beyond the chin, and the visor, upper bevor and lower bevor each secured at the right by spring-catches (that for the visor missing its combined pull-release and lifting-peg, and that for the upper bevor with a replace catch), and two gorget-plates front and rear, all the main edges of the helmet with notched inward-turned edges, accompanied in part by recessed borders (the crest of the comb and the lower edge of the front gorget plate with small perforations, the right of the neck of the lower bevor with a small riveted internal patch and the whole with an oxidised finish) 33.0 cm; 13 in

** A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER`S CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1630 with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of a low medial comb and fitted at the nape with a tapering plume-holder, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to the skull by common pivots, the visor with markedly-stepped, centrally divided vision slit decorated above each eye with a recessed semi-circle, the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with thirteen small circular ventilation-holes in a lozenge-formation, the lower bevor secured to the skull and the upper bevor respectively, at the right side, by a swivel-hook and pieced stud (the hook of the skull missing and that of the lower bevor restored), and a single gorget-plate front and rear, the front one embossed to simulate two lames of which the lowest rises to a cusp at the centre of its upper edge, and the rear one, modified from a collar and possessing a recessed main border, is associated, and the whole decorated at points with single incised lines (showing some pitting and wear overall) 38.0 cm; 15 in

** A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high, file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed peak pierced at the centre of the brow to receive a later sliding nasal-bar with leaf-shaped terminals, the lower one detachable, and retained by a later staple and locking-screw, fitted at its flanged lower edge with a neck-guard of two lames (the first restored, the second Flemish, about 1620-30), at the nape with a moulded and incised plume-holder, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (restored) shaped to fit over the outer end of the peak, flanged outwards at is lower end to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, and pierced at its centre with ten small auditory-holes in rosette formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its subsidiary edges formed with scallops enclosed to the inside by pairs of incised lines and punched in each case with a dot within a circle (with light mottled pitting overall) 34.0 cm; 13¼ in

** A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1580-90 with rounded one-piece skull rising gently to a high file-roped medial comb and projecting forward to a narrow acutely-pointed peak, fitted at its lower edge with a matching neck-guard of one lame, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece, flanged outwards at it 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 whole formed at its main edges with finely file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and fitted throughout with brass-capped constructional rivets and lining-rivets of iron retaining beneath their heads in the case of those encircling the neck and the brow, large rosette washers of brass (the right cheek-piece associated and its hinge broken; the left cheek-piece later and its hinge repaired) 23.0 cm; 9 in

** A NORTH ITALIAN COMB-MORION, CIRCA 1580 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a high roped medial comb decorated to either side of its crest and base with incised lines, and an integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point front and rear, its edge (cracked in two places at the right) formed with a file-roped inward turn bordered by a narrow groove, the base of the crown pieced at the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment of a plume holder (missing) and encircled by sixteen (originally eighteen) lining-rivets with brass rosette washers, and its surface retaining a blued finish (pitted overall) 29.0 cm; 11½ in The morion was one of a series offered for sale by W. H. Fenton & Sons of 11 New Oxford Street, London, between the two World Wars. An undated circular of theirs (photographic copy held in the Royal Armouries Library, Leeds) illustrates a morion almost identical to that offered here. According to a later verbal report of Fenton`s armourer, Theodore Egli, they had been obtained by the former in Ireland. Other examples of the series are now to be found in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Inv. No. IV.449 (Dufty & Reid 1968, pl. CII,c), the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Acc. Nos Hen. M. 32, 33 & 34-1933 (Eaves 2202, pp. 153-5, ill), and the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery.

** A SOUTH GERMAN COMB-MORION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a high roped medial comb and an integral brim turned down at each side and rising slightly to an acute point front and rear, the front point struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, its edge formed with a file-roped inward turn (cracked at two points and showing some splitting) accompanied at the rear and each side by a later wiring-hole, and the base of the crown encircled by sixteen lining-rivets with brass rosette washers (three of the latter now missing; the surface of the morion marked) 26.5 cm; 10½ in

** THE SKULL OF A NORTH ITALIAN BURGONET WITH ETCHED DECORATION, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1570-80 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a high, boldly-roped medial comb (patched at two points and showing some delamination), projecting forward to an acutely-pointed downturned peak, and backwards to a matching neck-guard (pierced with a later suspension-hole), cut away at each side to receive a missing cheek-piece, formed at the main edges of its peak and neck-guard with boldly-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and extensively decorated with etched classical ornament on a stippled and blackened ground, including in the recessed borders, running foliage, and on the remainder of the peak and neck-guard, in trefoil cartouches at each side of the crown and on each side of the comb, trophies of arms inhabited by fabulous beasts and birds (extensively worn and patinated overall) 29.0 cm; 11½ in

** A LIGHT HORSEMAN`S HELMET, PARTLY GERMAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull (originally that of a close helmet) rising to a high file-roped medial comb, fitted at the front with a broad acutely pointed pivoted peak (restored), at its rear with a narrow obtusely-pointed neck-guard of three lames (reworked from those of a tasset), and at each side with the uppermost scale of a pendant chin-strap (restored), the distal edges of the peak and neck-guard formed with file-roped inward turns (lightly patinated overall) 34.0 cm; 13¼ in

AN ENGLISH OR FLEMISH CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb pierced at its apex with a small circular hole, and fitted at the nape, on a short projecting stem, with a radially-fluted roundel, `sparrow`s beak` visor and bevor attached to the skull by common pivots, the former pierced beneath its broad stepped vision-slit with circular ventilation-holes and fitted at its right side with a lifting-peg, and two gorget-plates front and rear, the lowest in each case formed with a plain angular inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (the upper and lower edges of the visor, the pivots, the lifting-peg , the roundel and the gorget-plates restored, the skull with minor perforations and internal patches at the nape and the forward end of the comb, and the whole moderately pitted overall) 32.5 cm; 12½ in Provenance Eric Valentine, New Moston, Manchester Literature Edward Perry, `Some Exhibits from the Northern Branch Exhibition of 1963`, Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol. IV, no. 8, December 1963, p. 143, pl. XLI,A. The helmet owes its survival to having been suspended over a knightly tomb in an English church as part of an heraldic achievement. Other helmets of this type are discussed and illustrated by G. Laking 1920, vol. 2, pp. 91-4, figs 445-6.

A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN INFANTRY ARMOUR, PARTLY NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1540-50 comprising burgonet with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb and fitted at the brow with a broad rounded pivoted peak, at the nape with a neck-guard of two lames and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the skull that of an earlier close helmet, and the remainder restored), collar (originally of `Almain` type), of three lames front and rear, the lowest front one struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and the mark of the Vienna city arsenal (the lowest rear plate patched at its right corner), breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets (the left restored), and at its flanged lower edge with a fauld of four lames, the lowest of which is cut over the crotch with a broad shallow notch and supports to either side of it, on replaced straps and buckles a pair of long tassets each of seven lames extending to just above the knee (the first in each case associated), one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of one lame (associated), and a pair of spaudlers each of seven lames (the second to sixth restored), extending to the elbows, the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns boldly roped, except in the case of the burgonet, and accompanied by recessed borders, and the subsidiary edges in part decorated with single incised lines (lightly patinated overall) Provenance Dr John F. Hayward, London, sold Sotheby`s, London, 1 November 1983, lot 27 (collar, cuirass and tassets)

** A SOUTH GERMAN COMB-MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY WITH LATER EMBOSSED DECORATION formed in two pieces with a rounded crown joined medially along the crest of a high comb, and an integral brim turned down at each side and rising slightly to an acute point front and rear, its edge formed with a plain inward turn and the base of the crown pierced at the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment of a plume tube and encircled by fourteen holes for lining-rivets, each side of the crown later decorated with a double-headed Imperial eagle bearing on its breast an escutcheon charged with a fess, representing the Austrian Bindenschild (the brim repaired with two riveted internal patches and the whole showing some bruising, delamination and overall chemical cleaning) 23.5 cm; 9¼ in

An Edward VII small silver handled Nail File, Birmingham 1905, a Comb with with embossed Dutch white metal case, and An Edward VII miniature silver cased Comb with leafage engraving, Chester 1903 and a small plated framed Pendant Mirror.

A TORTOISESHELL HAIR COMB, mid 19th century, the concave oblong panel with gold Greek key pique work to a seven tine comb, panel 4" wide

A late Victorian silver three piece dressing table set embossed with amorini amongst clouds, comprising two hair brushes and a hand mirror, Birmingham 1900 by Henry Matthews, a George V silver hand mirror, Birmingham 1934, and a silver mounted comb.

A George V silver and blue enamel seven piece dressing table set with engine turned decoration, comprising hand mirror, pair of hairbrushes and two pairs of clothes brushes, Birmingham 1931 by William Neale & Son, together with a similarly decorated plated, enamel and cut glass powder jar and a silver comb (some faults).

A George V silver and tortoiseshell five piece dressing table set, piqué inlaid with floral and foliate decoration, comprising a hand mirror, two hairbrushes and two clothes brushes, London 1917, together with a silver mounted comb.

An Edwardian leather lady`s travelling vanity case, the interior fitted with silver topped glass jars, two hairbrushes, two clothes brushes, a hand mirror and comb, all with floral festoon decoration, Chester and London 1909 and 1910.

A brass stage copy of a Roman style helmet with raised comb and maroon wool tuft, together with a converted Victorian band sword with a leather scabbard (defective).

An Italian Fascist`s black velvet fez by Unione Militare Roma, with applied bullion badge incorporating bugle horn and `3`, rank chevrons to side and frill to comb.

A brass fireman`s helmet, applied `H.F.B.` [Horsham Fire Brigade], with raised comb, leather lining and brass chin chain (some repairs), together with a West Sussex Fire Brigade cap, a National Fire Brigade`s Association cap, a matching tunic, a leather belt, two axes, a hose key and a small quantity of buttons.

A late Victorian beech and elm comb back Windsor chair with a solid seat, on turned legs.

A mint green painted comb back Windsor chair, together with a painted wall hanging bathroom cabinet (2)

George V silver dressing table set, Birmingham 1927/28/29, maker Thomas Bishton, comprising of two silver topped and glass jars, hand mirror, hair brush, comb and two other brushes, each embossed with flowers, (7)

Pair of modern silver mounted brushes, Birmingham 1956, each having engraved monogram, together with silver mounted comb, Birmingham 1955, in fitted leather case, (3)

Ethnic carved wooden comb, with circular decoration, 20cm long

A 5-Piece Birmingham Silver Mounted Dressing Table Set comprising 4 brushes and comb

A six piece silver and tortoiseshell dressing table set by Charles Henry Dumenil, London 1919, comprising hand mirror, two pairs of hair brushes and a comb, in fitted case

Two silver backed brushes and a comb

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY ELM AND BEECH WOOD DOUBLE COMB BACK ARMCHAIR, with well-figured seat, supported on four lightly turned and splayed legs united by H-shaped stretcher, 94cm high

Ruby set cockerel brooch, the textured body in profile with a ruby set eye, comb and wattle, 4cm across, 19g gross

19th Century Swiss rosewood and simulated rosewood eight air musical box having a 24cm cylinder, underside of the cover with lithographed tune sheet numbered 33414, 47cm wide Comb tips are all present, while we do not guarantee movements of musical boxes this one does play, lid top is a little rough - ** General condition consistent with age

1930s French brass firemens' helmet with Fasces axe badge and flaming grenade to comb, with leather chinstrap

A GEORGE VI SILVER AND ENAMEL DRESSING TABLE SET, by Henry Clifford Davis, Birmingham 1937-1945, comprising hand mirror, hair brush, clothes brush and comb, each with a polychrome enamelled panel of wild fowl over water (4)

A Steiff white wool plush Foxterrier puppy, circa 1910, with boot button eyes, orange/brown ear and eye patch, brown stitched nose, mouth and claws and inoperative squeaker - 8½in (22cm) long (wear and tattered ear); and a Steiff mohair chicken with felt feet, beak, wattle and comb, 1920s - 5½in (14cm) high (mohair worn)

Union A fine unmtd mint marginal block of 4 1d black and carmine with variety showing additional strike of perforation comb at right. With PFSA certificate. SG 31 Var. 1926/1927

Matched silver dressing set items to include three brushes, silver topped comb and mirror (5)

Musical box by BB&C , mid 19th century, playing eight airs on a single piece comb and 33cm barrel, in a rosewood effect box length 56cm. `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

Swiss musical box , mid 19th century, playing eight airs on a two-piece comb and 28cm barrel in a rosewood and marquetry topped box, length 51cm (plays).*See clocks and watches proviso. `Condition report: see terms and conditions.`

Two silver tankards, a pair of salts, a dish, a comb sleeve, and a pair of dwarf candlesticks