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Edwardian inlaid mahogany tub shape carver, comb back, tapering square legs

An early 20th Century ladies dressing case, the hinged lid opening to reveal a variety of fitments to include silver lidded jars and bottles, ivory comb, stretchers and letter opener; together with other items to include and envelope relating to the Cunard Company, hallmarks for GHJ, London 1901

A SWISS MUSICAL BOX, the cylinder and comb movement with six bells, playing eight airs as listed on the tune sheet, in stained wood and ebonised case crossbanded with stringing, and inlaid to the lid and fascia with musical trophies, 19th century, 21 1/4" wide

A silver three piece child's dressing table set, each embossed with a floral garland, comprising hair brush, glass jar and silver cover, and silver backed comb, cased, together with a plated four piece tea set and a collection of plated items.

A George V stained beech revolving comb back desk chair, the shaped bar back above bentwood supports and a brown leather studded seat on four splayed legs.

A silver mounted three piece dressing set, comprising; a hand mirror, a hair brush London 1924 and a comb London 1923, with banded decoration, with a fitted case by Mappin & Webb.

A Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary chrome plated whistle, fitted to a chain, with a hook, a rectangular brass snuff box, a silver mounted imitation tortoiseshell comb, a silver mounted nail buffer, Birmingham 1915 and five manicure implements with silver handles.

A comb back Chair

An embossed white metal Hand Mirror and matching Hairbrush in art nouveau style, together with a further white metal backed Clothes Brush and Comb (4)

An early 20th Century Tortoiseshell Hair Comb

A fitted navy blue leather travelling dressing case, containing silver mounted items comprising a tortoiseshell comb, shoe horn and button hook, hand mirror, four brushes, four glass jars and two bottles, London 1930, by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., and a leather roll-up sewing case, lacking one rectangular jar and an emery board, with original cloth cover, each item including the case and cover, initialled 'E.M.C.'

A 19th Century Continental silver cream jug, bears import marks dated London 1895, of bulbous form raised on three scroll legs, a silver case, approximately 3oz, 9cm high, with engine turned decoration, Birmingham 1917, lined with simulated crocodile skin, and a silver plated folding comb.Best Bid

Mappin & Webb Ltd Green Leather, Water Silk Lined Travelling Case with partial contents inc. silver back hair brushes, comb, pair of clothes brushes, silver topped & glass containers (6), manicure items, diary, address book, glove stretchers, travelling ink well & light etc. Mappin & Webb London 1909, similar leather jewel case with lift out sections, embossed Reg No 566163

A Wemyss ware octagonal comb tray, painted with geese amongst grass within a green dentil rim, impressed RH&S mark, 26cm long

A Wemyss ware comb tray, painted with shamrock and green line rim, impressed RH&S mark, 25cm long

A 19th century Swiss Nicole Freres eight air musical box, the marquetry inlaid rosewood lid with original label, numbered 28076 (the comb lacking one needle), 13cm high x 52cm wide

A Merry Phipson and Parkers brass letter clip, a brass comb, two brass bells, horn snuff box and an inlaid coaster

A WINDSOR COMB BACK ARMCHAIR with turned supports

A Henriot key-wound Swiss music box, no. 12192, playing eight airs in a simulated rosewood rectangular hinged lid box with the original paper label to the interior of the lid (comb rusted and lacking one tooth), 49.5cm wide, 11.5cm high, 15.5cm deep

Silver, comprising; a bottom marked table spoon, London possibly 1778, with an anchor crest, a tea caddy spoon, Birmingham 1936, a napkin ring, a pair of sugar tongs, ten mostly condiment and tea spoons, a sprung pickle fork, another fork, a propelling toothpick and a silver mounted comb, Birmingham 1947.

An Eastern cast metal deity figure on a wooden stand, a cast brass figure of an acrobat, a comb case, a lady's lipstick detailed MARCEL ROCHAS, PARIS, a small mirror and seventeen items, mostly costume jewellery in a carved wooden twin compartment cigarette box.

A trio of Edwardian clear crystal globe and shaft decanters with acid engraved bands of decoration below a honey comb cut neck and lapidary stopper, tallest 31 cms.

Three oak and yew wood miniature models of Windsor armchairs, late 20th century, by Stuart King, comprising one with arched back and wheel splat, one with comb back and serpentine arms and one with vase splat to the backrest, all stamped STUART KING to the backs of the seats and MADE IN ENGLAND, to the undersides, all signed and dated in ink to the undersides, 25cm, 27cm and 25cm high respectively

A collection of 78 rpm, popular music records, c.1958 including Vogue Pop recordings, V9110 The Minorbops, Need You Tonight/Want You For My Own; V9111, Lovers, Let's Elope/ I Wanna Be Loved; V9112, Sugar and PeeWee, One Two, Let's Rock/Just a Few Little Words; London HLS 8608, Carl Perkins, Lend Me Your Comb/That's Right; London HLU 8617, Carl McVooy,Tootsie/You Are My Sunshine; and others by various artists, together with later pop records , (a lot).

A Victorian ash and elm Windsor armchair, the shaped comb spindle back with central splat over conforming arms upon turned supports united by stretcher.

Tortoiseshell and white metal mounted Spectacle Case, with hinged lid and a tortoiseshell Comb, (2).

Nicole Freres. A late 19th century musical box, playing eight airs, the 33cm. lever-wound cylinder with steel comb, the frame stamped Nicole Freres a Geneve., Serial No. 40356, Gamme No. 2179, contained in a rosewood and inlaid case, 52cm. wide.

Nicole Freres. A 19th century musical box, playing 8 airs, Gamme No. 2177, No. 40309, the crank wind handle to a 13in (33cm) l. barrel, stamped 'NICOLE FRERES A GENEVE, 40309,' the one piece comb, one tooth missing, also stamped, the marquetry inlaid and rosewood lid with birds in branches, to simulated sides, with tune sheet, 5in (13cm) h, 21in (53cm) w.

PARKER-HALE .243 (WIN.) BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. S-32956, parker-Hale scope bases, pistolgrip stock with Monte Carlo comb.

A late 19th century Swiss music box, numbered 14410, the 21cm cylinder playing four airs on a single comb, the rosewood lid marquetried with trumpets in a foliate cartouche, the sides of simulated rosewood, 39cm wide

A late 19th century Nicoles Frres music box, number 42448, playing ten airs on a 31cm cylinder and single comb, the rosewood lid inlaid with a triple wreath cartouche, the sides painted to simulate rosewood, 52cm wide

A cased silver and blue enamelled Art Deco dressing table set, A & J Zimmerman Birmingham 1930 and 1931, each with blue and white enamelled back, to include; two hand brushes, two clothes brushes and a hand mirror within fitted H H Crouch retailer s case (with replacement comb), along with a similarly enamelled glass perfume bottle A L Davenport Ltd Birmingham 1930 (7)

A silver and tortoiseshell dressing table set, Birmingham 1923, comprising; a hand mirror, two hair brushes, a comb and two clothes brushes within fitted and silk lined case, along with a similar hand mirror, Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1926, a similar circular ring box, Birmingham 1923, two glass toilet jars with silver and tortoiseshell covers, and a similar hair tidy along with two further silver dressing table boxes (13)

A COMPOSITE EUROPEAN FIELD ARMOUR, 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet formed of a one-piece skull rising to a high roped comb (its crest damaged, the lower left corner of the face-opening patched) and fitted at the nape with a plume-holder, earlier visor and bevor attached by common pivots (replaced), the former of rounded 'sparrow's-beak' form having a stepped centrally-divided vision-slit and numerous small circular ventilation-holes at each side (the right edge patched, the beak pierced with two large rust-holes), and two gorget-plates front and rear (the lower front one restored, the lower rear one patched at its left end), early 17th century collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, breastplate of late 'peascod' form (patched at the left side and centre of waist) with moveable gussets at each arm-opening, fauld of three lames, the lowest cut with a shallow arch over the crotch and bearing a pair of detachable tassets each of nine lames, extending to just above the knees, one-piece backplate shaped to the shoulders and flanged outwards at its lower edge (patch at left of flange) to receive a culet of one lame (patched at either end), small symmetrical pauldrons each of six lames (the top three of the left and the top one of the right patched at their front ends) connected by turners to vambraces (not a pair) each formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon articulated to one another by a winged couter of three lames, the wing of the left one formed as a separate plate, mitten gauntlets (not an exact pair), each formed of a long pointed tubular cuff, five metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate with boldly roped transverse rib, and four finger plates (thumb-defences lacking), and a pair of 19th century greaves of tubular construction each articulated four times at the ankle, pierced with an aperture to accommodate a spur and fitted with an integral broad-toed sabaton of seven lames, the main edges of the armour turned inwards and decorated, except on the collar, with file-roping, the collar decorated with incised bands and borders enclosed by volutes, chevrons and punched beads, the breastplate, backplate, pauldrons and upper cannons of the vambraces etched in line with symmetrical sprays of stylised acanthus foliage issuing, in the case of the breastplate, from a grotesque mask at the centre of the neck-opening, the couters, upper cannons of the vambraces, gauntlets and tassets later etched on a blackened ground with quatrefoils framed in part by repeated lozenges and engrailed bands (showing significant pitting and wear with some cracking, bruising, perforation and disarticulation throughout), stand not included Inv. no. A086. The etched decoration of the breastplate, backplate, pauldrons and upper cannons of the vambraces identifies them as part of a series of armours made for the use of the Swiss Papal Guard. Other armours of the series can be recorded in the Museo Civico L. Marzoli, Brescia, Inv. Nos 860, 927-8, 941 & 947, see F. Rossi & N. di Carpegna 1969, Cat. Nos 22-5 & 44, pp. 22-3 & 30); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Acc. No. Hen. M.1.2A-c-1933, see I. Eaves 2002, pp. 123-5, ill.; and the Art Institute, Chicago, see W. J. Karcheski, Jr 1995, p. 68, ill. The decoration - originally gilt on a blued ground - has in all cases been applied about 1700 to elements of late 16th and early 17th century North Italian make.

A COMPOSITE EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER'S ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising close helmet formed of a rounded one-piece skull from an early 16th century armet, rising to a low roped medial comb pierced, and fitted at the nape fitted with a brass plume-holder (replaced) and two rear gorget-plates, peak and bevor attached by common pivots (replaced), the peak fitted within its brow with a barred face-defence cut with a pair of large rectangular vision-slits and later etched with bands of foliate interlace and guilloche, the bevor fitted with a falling buff of three lames, each pierced with numerous circular ventilation-holes, and three front gorget-plates, collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, heavy breastplate of vestigial 'peascod' fashion formed of a main plate with an internal reinforce, the former flanged outwards at it lower edge to receive a pair of long tassets each formed of ten upward overlapping lames divisible between the seventh and eighth and terminating in winged poleyns of five lames, heavy backplate with outward-flanged lower edge, the breastplate and backplate each bearing the proof-mark of a bullet, large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of nine lames overlapping outwards from the fifth and connected by a turner to a vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon articulated to one another by a winged bracelet couter of three lames, the main edges of the armour decorated with inward turns in part roped and accompanied by recessed borders, its surfaces variously decorated with bands of incised lines and roped ribs (the armour showing pitting and wear overall with some cracking, bruising, patching and disarticulation, particularly in the pauldrons and vambraces) Inv. no. A090.

A FINE NORTH ITALIAN ETCHED CLOSE HELMET FOR A CUIRASSIER, CIRCA 1620 formed of a two-piece skull joined along a high medial comb recessed at the apex to receive a finial (missing), embossed with a radiating pattern of shallow flutes, pierced over each ear with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation and fitted at the nape with a plume-holder, obtusely-pointed peak, flat upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots (the right replaced), the upper bevor and bevor each secured at the right side by a swivel-hook, the upper bevor pierced between a pair of large rectangular vision-slits and a semi-circular ventilation-slit for the mouth with alternating rows of circular and rectangular ventilation-holes of smaller size, two gorget-plates at the front, the lowest descending at its centre to a rounded point, and one gorget-plate at the rear (the second missing), the main edges of the helmet decorated with plain inward turns, its surfaces etched overall on a pearled ground amid branches of stylised symmetrical foliage with bands of guilloche enclosing trophies-of-arms, and involving at the point of the chin and at the centre of the gorget-plates respectively, a lion's mask and a lion grasping a further trophy-of-arms (the left of the peak and the left of the upper gorget-plates showing losses, the right of the peak, the left of the upper front gorget-plate and the front left of the lowest front gorget plate repaired with riveted internal patches, minor cracks and perforations, some patination and wear overall) Inv. no. A017. The etched decoration of this helmet closely resembles that of a fine, early 17th century Italian cuirass and reinforcing breastplate, probably belonging to the same armour, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Acc. Nos 14.25.796, 797 & 817. See S.V.Grancsay 1955, cat. no. 16, pp. 8-9).

A FINELY CONSTRUCTED MINIATURE FIELD ARMOUR IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1580, LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with roped comb, visor with a pair of vision slits, bevor with three circular arrangements of breathes on the left and lower bevor retained by a press stud, gorget of a pair of articulated lames front and back, breast and backplate, the former with medial ridge and carrying a skirt of two lames, a pair of tassets each of five lames, full arm defences, fingered gauntlets, full leg defences with winged poleyns, articulated sabatons, and a single pointed besagew, the principle lames decorated with central notches, and with recessed borders and roped turns throughout: on a wooden stand, complete with a two-hand sword in contemporary style 76.2cm; 30in high Inv. no. A204. A strikingly similar miniature armour formerly in the Renwick Collection was sold Sotheby & Co., 21st May 1973, lot 32. It would appear that they are both based on an armour in the former Imperial Collection in Vienna.

A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 59cm; 23 1/4in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock engraved 'Tower' and with Ordnance mark (rubbed), figured walnut full stock (cracked around one barrel pin), the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip missing) 99.5cm; 39 1/8in Inv. no. F085. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99. SEE FOOTNOTE TO PREVIUOS LOT OR NOTSEE FOOTNOTE TO PREVIUOS LOT OR NOTSEE FOOTNOTE TO PREVIUOS LOT OR NOT SEE FOOTNOTE TO PREVIUOS LOT OR NOT SEE FOOTNOTE TO PREVIUOS LOT OR NOT ########################

A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 61.5cm; 24 1/4in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with a series of marks including view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock with Ordnance mark (mainspring removed), figured walnut full stock (fore-end repaired), the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod 102.8cm; 40 1/2in Inv. no. F087. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.

A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 58cm; 22 7/8in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock engraved 'Tower' and with Ordnance mark (rubbed, the lower portion only of the steel remaining), figured walnut full stock, the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip missing) 99cm; 39in Inv. no. F084. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.

A COMPOSITE GERMAN THREE-QUARTER FIELD ARMOUR, MID- TO LATE 16TH CENTURY, THE BREASTPLATE STRUCK WITH THE MARK OF PAUL MEITINGER OF INNSBRUCK comprising burgonet formed of a one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, projecting forward to a short obtusely-pointed peak struck at its front edge with the ownership mark of the Austrian Landesfürstliches Zeughaus, fitted at its rear with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard (right articulating rivet loose), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (distal end of hinge replaced) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, pierced at its centre with seven small circular ventilation-holes arranged in rosette formation and fitted at its front edge with a buff leather loop (replaced) to receive a tie, 'almain' collar of three lames front and rear, the lowest front one struck with the same ownership mark as the burgonet, giving issue at either side to an integral spaudler of six downward-overlapping lames, breast late of late 'peascod' form struck at the centre of its shallow neck-opening with the maker's initials P M (the first initial partly worn) of Paul Meitinger of Innsbruck and fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets, and at its outward-flanged lower edge with a fauld of two lames, the lowest cut with a shallow arch over the crotch and bearing a pair of detachable tassets (not a pair) each of seven lames, extending to just above the knees, one-piece backplate shaped to the shoulders and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of one lame, vambraces (not a pair) each formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon (the inner plate of the right lower cannon corroded at its front edge) articulated to one another by a winged couter of three lames, the main edges of the armour decorated with roped inward turns, those of the vambraces accompanied by recessed borders on a ground originally black from the hammer (the armour showing some pitting and wear overall), stand not included The records show Pa l Meitinger, the maker of the breastplate, to have been active in Innsbruck in the period 1544-80. In 1554-8 he was employed by the Imperial Zeughaus to make infantry armours. Further contracts were obtained by him in 1562-5, 1573 and 1576. He also made armours for the Jesuits of Halle in 1580. Further breastplates and backplates bearing his mark are to be found in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, Inv.Nos A 403 & 407, the collections of Schloss Ambrass, near Innsbruck, Inv. Nos WA 223 & 331, and the Museo Stibbert, Florence, Inv. No. 2367. See B. Thomas & O. Gamber 1954, pp. 87 & 105, pl. 83).

A COMPOSITE GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' THREE-QUARTER FIELD ARMOUR (HARNASCH), MID- TO LATE 16TH CENTURY, THE CUIRASS NORTH GERMAN, PROBABLY BRUNSWICK comprising burgonet formed of a one-piece skull rising to a exceptionally high roped medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed peak, pierced around the brow, face-opening and nape with pairs of lace-holes, fitted at the nape with a plume-holder (replaced) and an obtusely-pointed neck-guard of one lame, and at each side with a pair of forward-projecting cheek-pieces (associated), pierced at their centres in each case with five small circular ventilation-holes, and fitted at their front edges with buff leather loops (replaced) to receive a tie, 'almain' collar of three lames front and rear fitted at either side with a pair of integral spaudlers each formed of seven downward-overlapping lames extending downwards to the elbow where it is connected by internal leathers through a shell-like one-piece couter to a tubular lower cannon, besagues (restored) each rising at its centre to a conical boss, breastplate formed of a heavy main plate with a strong medial ridge projecting forward over the belly , its upper border struck with a serial number formed of ten dots, moveable gussets at its arm-openings and a fauld of one lames fitted within its lower edge with a pair of tassets of each of seven lames extending to just above the knees, one-piece backplate strongly shaped to the shoulders, its upper border struck with a serial number formed of five dots, and fitted with a culet of one lame, and mitten gauntlets each formed of a slightly rounded and flared tubular cuff , four metacarpal-plates, a knuckle-plate decorated with a boldly roped transverse rib, five finger-plates and scaled thumb-defence, the main edges of the armour decorated with roped inward turns, its surfaces decorated with bright bands and borders (lightly patinated and worn), variously raised or recessed against a blackened ground (refreshed), the subsidiary edges of the burgonet decorated with scalloped edges

A RARE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE TOURNEY, IN THE MANNER OF WOLFGANG GROSSCHEDEL OF LANDSHUT, CIRCA 1550-5 of notable weight, formed of a rounded skull rising to a high roped medial comb (bruised and cracked towards the rear), pierced at the rear of the neck with four small rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and to either side of it with four lace-holes, two of those at the right retaining their brass eyelets, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by later common pivots with large domed heads, the visor with a prominent step beneath its single broad vision-slit and a spring-catch at the right side operated by a later lifting-peg with baluster-shaped terminal, prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its left side with twenty small circular ventilation holes arranged in four rows and at the right side with eight diagonal ventilation-slots, each expanded at its centre, the right side further pierced with a threaded hole for the attachment of a reinforce and fitted with a sliding spring-catch, the bevor (with riveted patch at right of face-opening) pierced at each side of the neck with seven circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, the central one of the right group occupied by the brass-capped pivot of a sturdy forked visor-prop, the right of the neck further fitted with a brass swivel-hook to secure the push-button operated spring-catch issuing forward from the skull, the lower edges of the skull flanged outwards to receive missing gorget-plates, the front and left of the helmet showing numerous cuts from a rebated sword (pitted overall) 34.2cm; 131/2in high The helmet compares closely in both form and detail with the contemporary products of the Landshut school of armourers, in many cases marked by or documented as the work of Wolfgang Grosschedel, recorded 1517-62, and his son Franz Grosschedel, recorded 1555-78 (A. Von Reitzenstein 1954, pp. 142-53). Analogous helmets of the school can be recorded in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, the Real Armeria, Madrid, the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, the Musée Royale de l'Armée, Brussels, the Wallace Collection, London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Stadt- und Kreismuseum, Landshut (G. Spitzelberger 1975, pls 25, 31-2, 34-5, 38-9, 41& 47-52; J. Mann 1960, pls IV & VI; and A. V. B. Norman 1986, pl 214). Like the helmet under discussion, they are pieced at either side of their bevors with circular groups of ventilation-holes.

THE SKULL AND NECK-GUARD OF A GERMAN FLUTED CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1520 the rounded one-piece skull rising to a low boldly-roped medial comb, pierced at each side with a pivot-hole for the attachment of a missing visor and bevor, fitted at the right of the neck with a spring-catch for the bevor (lacking push-button), and flanged outwards at the nape for the attachment of a broad neck-defence of three downward-overlapping lames, the centre of the skull and neck-defence decorated with continuous flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines, the lower edges of the skull and first two lames of the neck-guard each decorated with pairs of scored lines, and the main edge of the neck-guard decorated with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (lightly patinated overall) 30.5cm; 12in high

A NORTH EUROPEAN CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1540, POSSIBLY LOW GERMAN formed of a rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial comb decorated along its crest with a pair of incised lines (small cracks to the rear), visor and bevor attached by common pivots with low domed heads decorated with cross-hatching, prominent 'sparrow's-beak' visor strongly stepped beneath a centrally-divided vision-slit and pierced above the mid-line to either side of the "beak" with a row of five circular ventilation-holes, and a row of three diagonal ventilation-slots on the right below the mid-line, moulded baluster lifting-peg (later), the bevor strongly shaped to the chin and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch with a cross-hatched release-button, and a single gorget-plate front and rear, each with plain inward turn at the lower edge (cleaned overall, areas of pitting, the flanged lower edge of the skull pierced at the centre with a later suspension-hole) 31cm; 121/4 high A very similar helmet is preserved in the Wallace Collection, London, Cat. No. A167 (James G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour, Vol. I, London, 1962, p. 137, pl. 69; and A. V. B. Norman, Wallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armour, Supplement, p. 62). It has no lining-rivets in the bevor, in common with the present example.

A RARE FRENCH CLOSE HELMET FOR FIELD USE WITH ETCHED AND GILT DECORATION, CIRCA 1570 formed of a rounded skull constructed in two pieces joined medially along the apex of a high roped comb and fitted at the nape with a later plume-holder of brass occupied by black ostrich feathers, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots (replaced), the forward-sloping visor stepped and roped beneath its broad single vision-slit and fitted at its right side with a lifting-peg (replaced), the strongly prow-shaped upper bevor roped at its upper edge, pierced at its right side with eight circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation and secured to the bevor at the same side by a swivel-hook (perhaps replaced), the lower edges of the skull and bevor flanged outwards for the attachment of gorget-plates of which only the uppermost front one is preserved, the sides of the comb etched and gilt on a hatched ground with alternating foliate scrolls inhabited by winged herms (the upper edge of the visor and the flanged lower edges of the skull and bevor showing some losses and patched repairs, the surface of the helmet showing much pitting and wear) 30cm; 11 3/4in high The helmet closely resembles in both form and construction those belonging to a series of French royal armours made circa 1555-80 (Jean-Pierre Reverseau, Les Armures des Rois de France au Museé de l'Armée, Saint-Julien-du-Sault 1982, pp. 54-63, 68-7 & 72-9; Jean-Pierre Reverseau, Les Armes et La Vie, Chennevières-sur-Marne 1982, pp. 146-7). These include the finely etched and gilt armours G. 119, G. 120 & G. 121 in the Museé de l'Armée, Paris. The decoration of the comb of G. 120, made for Charles IX in the period 1564-74, is particularly close to that of the helmet described here.

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1570-80 formed of a one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, projecting forward to an acutely-pointed peak struck at its front edge with a maker's mark consisting of an escutcheon enclosing a pair of indistinct initials (FC?) over a star and the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, fitted at the nape with a slender plume-holder and obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece shaped at its upper front corner to fit over the side of the peak, flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, within a central boss, with ten small circular ventilation-holes arranged in rosette formation, the main edges of the burgonet decorated, except at the front of the cheek-pieces, with roped inward turns, its surfaces decorated overall, on a formerly black-from-the-hammer ground (now bright), with variously raised and recessed bands and borders in the "black and white fashion" (showing overall wear and minor cracks and bruises) 32.4cm; 123/4 in high Many similar Nuremberg burgonets are preserved in the Steiermärkisches Landeszeughaus in Graz (Peter Krenn 1987, pp.28-9).

AN ITALIAN 'SAVOYARD' HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined by a low comb, fitted with pivoting peak drawn-down in the centre, fitted with a U-shaped face defence pierced with shaped apertures for the eyes and a small opening for the mouth (the right hand arm replaced), lower bevor fitted with a hook on the right for securing the face-defence, and with a single gorget plate at the front (the rear plates replaced, fitted at the base with a pierced modern plate, repatinated throughout) 24cm; 9 1/2in high

A GERMAN BURGONET, LATE 16TH CENTURY with two-piece skull joined at a low comb, outwardly flanged at the front to a pointed peak and embossed on each side with a large fleur-de-lys, fitted with later pointed neck-defence, later hinged cheek-pieces and later plume-holder, decorated throughout with recessed borders and later black painted finish (restorations and repairs) 26.5cm; 10 1/2in high

A NORTH EUROPEAN BURGONET, POSSIBLY GERMAN, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed of a rounded two-piece skull joined medially along the apex of its high roped comb, projecting forward to an acutely-pointed peak, flanged outwards at the nape to receive an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard and cut out at each side to receive a missing cheek-piece, now represented only by the proximal ends of its hinge, the main edges decorated with plain inward turns accompanied, in the case of the neck-guard, by a recessed border, (heavily corroded overall with significant losses at the centre and right of the peak, the apex of the comb and the right of the neck-guard, and some deformation throughout)

AN ETCHED GERMAN COMB-MORION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580 formed in one piece with a hemispherical crown rising to a high roped medial comb, and an integral brim turned down at each side, rising to an obtuse point at the front and rear (the front one slightly bruised), decorated around its edge with a file-roped inward turn, the front struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg (the rear and sides each pierced with later wiring-holes), the base of the crown encircled by twelve round-headed lining-rivets with rosette-washers of iron (one washer missing), finely etched on each side of the crown with a circular cartouche enclosing, on the right, a representation of the Sacrifice of Isaac, and on the left, a mounted huntsman carrying a spear, in each case overlaying a pattern of alternating vertical bands respectively comprised of arabesque interlace and scrolling foliage inhabited by birds of prey, the latter design repeated on the comb and the brim and involving in the case of the former, oval cartouches enclosing, on the right, a soldier holding a banner, and on the left, a drummer, each in contemporary dress, the etching executed throughout on a blackened and stippled ground (light wear and patination overall) 29.1cm; 11 1/2in high The decoration of the helmet anticipates that found on a distinctive group of Nuremburg morions of the early 17th century formerly preserved in the armoury of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg in the Wartburg, Thuringia. The scrolling foliage and birds are similar in execution to those found on a series of morions of about 1570 made for the Schurff family, hereditary huntsmen of the Tyrol, examples of which are to be found in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, and the Musée de l'Armée, Paris. See J-P. Reverseau 1982, p. 50, fig. 2. A morion of similar form decorated with arabesque interlace is preserved in the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Schöbel 1976, fig. 40)

AN 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 apex and base with incised lines, and an integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point at the front and the rear (the front point bruised), its edge decorated 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 six (originally fourteen) lining-rivets with brass rosette-washers, retaining its original blued finish overall The morion is one of a series offered for sale between the World Wars by W. H. Fenton & Sons of 11 New Oxford Street, London. An undated circular of Fenton (photographic copy held in Royal Armouries Library, Leeds) illustrates a morion almost identical to that offered here. Fenton was selling the morions by at least 1933. According to a later verbal report of his armourer, Theodore Egli, they had been obtained in Ireland. Examples are now to be seen in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Inv.No. IV. 449 (A. R. Dufty & W. Reid European Armour in the Tower of London, London, 1968, pl. CII.c), the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Acc. Nos Hen. M. 32, 33 & 34-1933 (Ian Eaves, Catalogue of European Armour at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Woodbridge, Suffolk, & Rochester, N.Y., 2002, pp. 153-5, ill.), and the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery. The group also included "Spanish" morions, examples of which are once again to be seen in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Eaves, op. cit., pp. 161-2).

A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 formed of a rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed peak struck at its point with the quality-control mark of the city of Augsburg and an indistinct maker's mark incorporating the letter 'M', flanged outwards at the nape to receive an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece pierced at its centre with five circular ventilation-holes and flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet turned inwards, its surface retaining much of a black from the hammer finish (the skull showing surface delamination of its metal, the right centre of the peak cracked, the hinge for the left cheek-piece replaced)

A GERMAN COMB-MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed in two halves with a rounded skull rising to a high medial comb fitted at its nape with a plume-holder (probably later), and an integral brim turned down at each side, rising to an acute point at the front and rear (that at the front slightly bruised), and decorated around its edge with a plain inward turn, the crown encircled at its base by twelve round-headed lining-rivets with rosette-washers of brass (five missing), retaining fragments of a buff-leather lining-band, and embossed at each side with two concentric circles, the inner one enclosing a hexafoil, the outer one formed at its inner edge as a running wave-pattern, originally coloured black and white but later blackened overall (the surface showing some oxidation and wear)

A GERMAN COMB-MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed in two halves with a rounded skull rising to a high medial comb fitted at its nape with a later plume-holder, and an integral brim turned down at each side, rising to an acute point at the front and rear , and decorated around its edge with a plain inward turn (small split and minor bruising), the crown encircled at its base by twelve round-headed lining-rivets with rosette-washers of brass (two missing), retaining a buff-leather lining-band, and embossed at each side with two concentric circles, the inner one enclosing a hexafoil, the outer one formed at its inner edge as a running wave-pattern, originally coloured black and white but later blackened overall (the surface showing some oxidation and wear)

A D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY JAMES SCOTT, CANONGATE, EDINBURGH, BIRMINGAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1780 with rebrowned two-stage barrels fitted with silver fore-sight, signed over the octagonal breeches and with gold-lined vents, engraved grooved breech tang, signed bevelled locks engraved with scrolls on the tails, fitted with links between the steels and springs, and a sliding plate immediately behind the cock acting as a safety-catch (one comb, top-jaws and screws replaced), figured walnut half-stock cut with a trellis pattern of chequering filled with punched dots over the fore-end and the grip (refreshed, filled repairs over the fore-end and the butt), engraved steel mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a bouquet and with acorn finial, butt-plate, and fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original (the mounts cleaned) 86.5cm; 34 1/8in barrels

A MASSIVE FLINTLOCK DECK OR RAMPART BLUNDERBUSS, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH with two-stage steel barrel strongly swelling to an elliptical muzzle, fitted in the centre with a sweated-on ring incorporating a pair of trunnions, bevelled lock fitted with pivot flash-guard, hardwood full stock formed with a near flat comb over the butt, steel mounts including trigger-guard, stirrup mount with brass washers and butt-plate, and complete with its steel ramrod (the steel parts pitted, the stock cracked and chipped) 122cm; 48in

A MASSIVE FLINTLOCK DECK OR RAMPART BLUNDERBUSS, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY DUTCH with two-stage steel barrel strongly swelling to an elliptical muzzle, fitted in the centre with a sweated-on ring incorporating a pair of trunnions, bevelled lock fitted with pivot flash-guard (seized) hardwood full stock formed with a near flat comb over the butt, steel mounts including trigger-guard, stirrup mount with brass washers and butt-plate, and complete with its steel ramrod (the steel parts pitted, the stock with small cracks and chips) 124.5cm; 49in

A Victorian Brass Fireman's Helmet, with two piece skull, each side of the high comb stamped with a stylised dragon, the helmet plate stamped with a torch, crossed axes and hose, with leather backed brass chin scales, brass ear rosettes, and leather lined brow band. (Dents to comb)

A Victorian Brass Fireman's Helmet, with two piece skull, each side of the high comb stamped with a stylised dragon, the helmet plate stamped with a torch, crossed axes and hose, with leather backed brass chin scales, brass ear rosettes, and leather lined brow band. (Dents to comb)