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Click here to subscribeCnut (1016-1035), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Thetford, Ælfwine, ælfpine : on deodf :, 1.06g/3h (Carson 62; SCBI Copenhagen 3769, same dies; BEH 3450; N 787; S 1158). Struck from worn dies, flan slightly wavy otherwise neat and round, better than very fine, toned £300-£360 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Helmet type, Lund (Sweden), Ælfward, +harecnvt around helmeted and armoured bust left, +alf · pard : on l ·, kidney beans in first and fourth quarters, 0.93g/1h (Becker H10/16; S 1170). A few peckmarks, otherwise very fine, dark tone, rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 31 March-4 April 1903, lot 151 (part); Glendining Auction, 18 January 1923, lot 207; M. Atkin Collection [bt Baldwin]
FRANCE, Henry IV and Marie de Medici, 1603, a cast gold medal by G. Dupré, henr iiii r christ maria avgvsta, conjoined busts right, date on truncation, rev. propago imperi, Henry (as Mars) and Marie (as Pallas Athena) standing, clasping hands, Dauphin standing at centre with right foot on dolphin and holding helmet, eagle above holding crown, 64mm, 117.92g (Jones 15; Pollard 637; Kress 556; BDM I, 656). A later cast, probably 18th century; fields tooled, file mark and traces of mounting on edge, otherwise good very fine, extremely rare in gold £9,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: The 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and thence by descent
A set of ex-Peter Williams John Player Norton racing leathersmade by Bates of California, race-worn and distressed, together with a Bell helmet and John Player Norton T-shirt both signed by Williams, and two magazine cover photographs of Williams believed to be wearing the same leathers, which also display stitching marks thought to have been for the attachment of a TT racing number, condition and completeness unknown, close inspection advised. (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Her safety depends on you. An original 1960s road safety poster,featuring a monochrome illustration of a man in a face covering, helmet and leather jacket on a motorcycle looking forward and a lady in a helmet and leather jacket behind him looking at the spectator. Text in black and red over white background. RoSPA logo in the bottom left corner. Published by RoSPA, Terminal House, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London. Printed by Loxley Brothers Limited London and Sheffield. Size 76 x 51cms. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An 18thC Chinese Export Armorial Porcelain Sauce Boat and Saucer, bearing the crest of the Scottish Robertson family of Strowan, the Boat with scalloped edge decorated with swag and foliate border, the Saucer with identical decoration, the Coat of Arms bears three griffins' heads and has a helmet with plumes above, a crest in form of an arm holding up a coronet and the Latin motto 'VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES' ('glory is the reward of valour'). It is flanked by a serpent and a brown dove, with the motto 'WISE AS THE SERPEWT HARMLISS AS THE DOVE', below is a naked figure chained to the coat of arms, a plate from this service is held by The British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_Franks-1417.
A second world war Aertex fabric flying helmet, marked Harness Airmed England and A.M. plus two pilot mouth pieces one marked Mine Safety Appliances Co Ltd, Glasgow. The other is marked Normalair Limited, Yeovil along with a British army gas mask stamped Avon 2/42 with bag which is dated 1940.
PYLOS URARTU, BRONZE, CIRCA IX-VIIIE S. AV. J.-C. AN URARTIAN BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA 9TH-8TH CENTURY B.C., of domed form rising to a point, with three ribs, arched above the brow area and extending around the base of the helmet, 27cm high, 21.5cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Germany, acquired on the Munich art market prior to 2000. Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 25 June 2014, lot 253.For Urartian helmets with similar arched decoration over the forehead cf. R. Merhav (ed.) Urartu, a metalworking centre in the first millennium B.C.E., The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1991, pp.127-130, figs. 9-11 and 13-14. A similar helmet is depicted on the facade of a tomb at Eski Dogubayazit showing a striding figure holding a sceptre and wearing a full-length garment and a helmet with arched decoration. Such arched decoration may have plain terminals or, if animal-headed, depict ram or lion heads rather than snakes.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2NDE MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C., of conical form with rounded dome and carinated lip above the broad rim, 25cm high, 19.5cm wide, 23.5cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 13 October 2010, lot 2161.Such helmets are thought to imitate the felt caps worn by herdsmen and other country folk. There is a similar pilos in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, thought to come from Sicily, acc. no. 08.2.4, and for further discussion and examples see G. Waurick, 'Helme der Hellenistischen zeit und ihre vorlaeufer' in A. Bottini, Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, p.151-158.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE ÉTRUSQUE, BRONZE, CIRCA IV-IIIE S. AV. J.-C. AN ETRUSCAN MONTEFORTINO TYPE BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C., the domed helmet with riveted pointed attachment and flanged neck guard, with triple bossed decoration above the hinged cheek pieces, cheekpieces largely restored, 32cm high, 15cm wide, 25cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, North America. Private collection, England. In the collection of the Catalan Private Foundation for Iberian Archeology.with J. Bagot, Barcelona.Acquired from the above in 2011.There is an example of a Montefortino helmet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with triple boss decorated cheek-pieces, acc. no. L.2018.51. It is unusual for Montefortino helmets to survive with their cheek-pieces as they were often made of leather, an easily perishable material. This type of helmet is named after the region of Montefortino in Italy where an example was excavated in a Celtic burial. These helmets were popular amongst the Italic peoples who derived the design from Celtic helmets made of iron.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE DE TYPE 'LATE CELTIC', CIRCA FIN DU 1ER S. AV. J.-C. A LATE CELTIC BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA LATE 1ST CENTURY B.C., of flattened domed form with a short encircling brim, two raised parallel ribs at the back and moulded extended brows at the front, 14.5cm high, 21.5cm wide, 25cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 13 October 2010, lot 2190.With its hemispherical form, the above helmet is a modification of the Montefortino type helmet and also shares some of the characteristic of the 1st Century A.D. Imperial Gallic helmets which have the same distinct embossed eye-brows and horizontal ribs above the neck area.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2NDE MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C., of conical form with rounded dome, an encircling rib above the broad rim, 24cm high, 19cm wide, 23cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 23 April 2009, lot 328.Such helmets were first used in Sparta at the end of the 5th Century B.C., as the Peloponnesian War drew to a close. These lighter, simpler helmets offered all-round vision, as well as being cheaper to make.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PYLOS À CORNES, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2EME MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE HORNED PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY. B.C., the domed crown covered with a sheet disc, with shortened horned attachments projecting beneath, loops for decorative attachments on front and back, 24cm high, 17cm wide, 23cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin (AG 527/H179), acquired in 1994 in Krefeld. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 23 April 2009, lot 329.For an example of another pilos helmet with horns cf. A. Bottini, Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, p.152, fig. 2.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MINERVA ET HERACLÈS : RELIEF, BRONZE, ART ROMAIN, CIRCA IIE-IIIE S. AP. J.-C. A ROMAN TINNED BRONZE RELIEF WITH MINERVA AND HERCULES, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D., set within an colonnaded arcade, Minerva wearing crested helmet and aegis, holding a shield and spear, nude Hercules holding his club and lion skin, details incised including inscriptions around each figure, traces of gilding overall, 15.6cm high, 19.8cm wide, 1cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, acquired in Paris in the 1980s.Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 12 December 2012, lot 40. Roman Minerva (and Greek Athena), was the patron goddess of heroes and is often depicted assisting or overseeing their labours. In some tellings of the labours of Hercules, Minerva assisted with the slaying of the Hydra, and shouldering the world while Atlas retrieved the apples of the Hesperides.For similar depictions of warriors or gods in metal relief see H. Born and M. Junkelmann, Römische Kampf- und Turnierrüstungen, Band VI, Sammlung Axel Guttmann, 1997, pp. 118, 122-123 (ills.) and pp. 124-127, 132-135 for their discussion.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PSEUDO-CORINTHIEN, BRONZE, ART ITALIQUE, CIRCA VE-IVE S. AV. J.-C. A PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C., with broad flat rear flange, the moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown, decorated with the delineation of the eyeholes and nose-guard, with confronting boars below, floral motifs behind the animals and a chevron band around the perimeter, all highlighted later in white, 17.8cm high, 21cm wide, 30cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:with La Reine Margot, Paris, 1989. Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin. Axel Guttmann Collection of Ancient Arms and Armour Part 2; Christie's, London, 28 April 2004, lot 104. with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, October 2004 (Ancient Arms, Armor and Images of Warfare, no. 20). Published:Sammlung Axel Guttmann, Antike Helme Kalender, April 1992. H. Born, Restaurierung antiker Bronzewaffen: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, II, Mainz, 1993, no. XI.M. Junkelmann, Römische Helme: Sammlung Axel Guttmann, VIII, Mainz, 2000, p.18, pl. 5 (AG 365).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GAMELLE / CASQUE ILLYRIEN, BRONZE, ART GREC, CIRCA VIE-IVE S. AV. J.-C. A BRONZE BOWL CONVERTED FROM A GREEK BRONZE ILLYRIAN HELMET, CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C., the fragmentary dome-shaped helmet converted for use as a bowl with added looped handle, the incised border preserved on the remainder of the facial opening, 19.5cm high, 20.5cm wide, 21cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Germany, 1980s. Anonymous sale; Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 12 December 2012, lot 438.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PSEUDO-CORINTHIEN, BRONZE, ART ITALIQUE, CIRCA FIN VIE-DÉBUT VE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY-5TH CENTURY B.C., with false eye-holes and short nose-guard, with moulded eyebrows echoed by the arched brow, remnants of attached ornament at the crown, 17.5cm high, 21cm wide, 27cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:with Akanthos Ancient Art, Antwerp. Acquired from the above in 2011.During the 6th-5th Centuries the Italic Peoples adapted the Corinthian helmet so that it could be worn like a cap pushed back on the head with the eye sockets and nose guard becoming decorative elements. For examples of Pseudo-Corinthian helmets cf. A. Bottini, Antike Helme, Mainz, 1988, pp. 99-100.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PSEUDO-CORINTHIEN, BRONZE, ART ITALIQUE, CIRCA FIN VIE-DÉBUT VE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PSEUDO-CORINTHIAN HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA LATE 6TH CENTURY-5TH CENTURY B.C., with everted rear flange, with moulded eyebrows extending into a ridge around the crown of the head, with false eye-holes and short nose-guard, two plume holders riveted on either side of the crown, 21.5cm high, 21cm wide, 33cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin (AG 435/H 132), acquired in 1993 in Krefeld. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 18 April 2008, lot 317.The Pseudo-Corinthian helmet was developed in Italy during the 6th-early 4th Centuries B.C., using the Corinthian helmet as a model. With a more decorative purpose, the Italian type was worn on top of the head, like a cap, making the functional characteristics of the eye holes and nose guard purely decorative as the eye-holes later become smaller and closer together and the separation of the cheek guards disappears. The above helmet would be considered a Type B helmet as there is a small bridge connecting the cheek pieces. For a similar helmet see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 2003.407.4. See also A. Bottini et al., Antike Helme. Sammlung Lipperheide und Andere Bestände des Antikenmuseums Berlin, Mainz, 1998, pp. 107-136 for further discussion on the different classifications of this helmet type.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE ITALIQUE, BRONZE, ART ITALIQUE, IIIE S. AV. J.-C. - ÉPOQUE ROMAINE AN ITALIC BRONZE HELMET, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C. - ROMAN PERIOD, of domed form, carinated at the base with out-turned brim, 22.5cm high, 20cm wide, 30cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin (H 339), acquired in 1991 in Krefeld. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 18 April 2008, lot 353.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GRAND GUTTUS, TERRE CUITE VERNISSÉE NOIR, MAGNA GRECIA, CIRCA IVE - IIIE S. AV. J.-C. A LARGE SOUTH ITALIAN BLACK GLAZED GUTTUS, CIRCA LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD CENTURY B.C., the discus moulded with the head of Minerva, wearing a winged helmet, 14cm high, 17cm wide, 18cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, the Boulonnais, acquired in the 1980s. Entière collection de Monsieur B. Partie 1; Delorme & Collin du Bocage, Paris, 24 February 2010, lot 79.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2EME MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY B.C., of conical form with rounded dome, an encircling rib above the broad rim, with two circular attachment holes above the rim, 20cm high, 22cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, Belgium, acquired 1980s.with La Reine Margot, reputedly acquired at Hermann Historica ca. 2006. Acquired from the above.There is another similar pilos helmet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 08.2.4. and there is a more elaborately decorated example in the Louvre, inventory no. Bj 2152.1. Such helmets were modelled on peasant felt caps and were sometimes decorated with bucolic scenes of herdsmen.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CASQUE PYLOS, BRONZE, GRANDE GRÈCE, CIRCA 2EME MOITIÉ DU IVE S. AV. J.-C. A GREEK BRONZE PILOS HELMET, MAGNA GRAECIA, CIRCA 2ND HALF OF THE 4TH CENTURY. B.C., the crown of the helmet covered with a sheet metal disc, surmounted by a cruciform finial, 27.5cm high, 22cm wide, 21cm deepFootnotes:Provenance:Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection, Berlin (AG 528/H 180), acquired in Krefeld in 1995. Antiquities from the Axel Guttmann Collection and Other Properties; Hermann Historica, Munich, 17 April 2010, lot 368.The asymmetrical curve of this helmet suggest that it may have been converted from a Phrygian-type Greek helmet.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two wine glasses c.1740-50, one with a round funnel bowl over a plain stem enclosing a single tear over a helmet foot, the other with a drawn trumpet bowl over a plain stem with swollen knop enclosing a tear, on a folded conical foot, 17cm max. (2) The first glass with a paper label for the Paul Kettle Collection.
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