A Composite English Pikeman's Half-Armour Mid-17th CenturyOf iron, comprising a pot helmet with two-piece rounded skull (old dents) and low turned comb and plume-holder at the rear, incised on each side with single lines and two dome-headed rivets for ear-pieces (missing), brim with recessed turned border, rivets en suite and struck with an indistinct mark (pitting overall, peaks with old damage), blackened breast- and back-plate, the former with low medial ridge to a short flange pierced with holes for tasset straps (missing), and with turned neck and arms, back-plate en suite and with incised line at the shoulders extending down the back, the neck and skirt with dome-headed lining rivets, later adjustable shoulder-straps reinforced with riveted overlapping plates, and later buff-leather beltFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Full Armour In Italian 16th Century Style19th Century Incorporating Earlier ElementsComprising close-helmet with rounded 16th century skull, visor and lower-bevor (all with patched repairs and large internal reinforcing plates), the first rising to a roped comb and with tubular plume-holder incised with spiral lines at the rear, the second sharply-pointed with horizontal vision slits above a prominent roped lower edge, and with lifting peg on the right fitting into a slot in the upper edge of the later prow-shaped upper-bevor, the last shaped to the chin and with locking hook on the right, gorget of two neck-plates front and rear, the lower ones each with recessed turned and roped borders followed by dome-headed rivets on petalled brass washers, gorget of three plates front and rear, hinged together on the left and secured by a pin and keyhole catch on the right, the top plates with boldly turned and roped upper border, the front plates centrally cusped and with incised double line borders, 16th century breast-plate with medial ridge drawn-out to a blunt point and with turned and roped neck, moveable armhole gussets en suite, two-plate skirt and thigh length tassets en suite with the gorget, articulated vambraces, fingered gauntlets and full leg harness all en suite, the latter including poleyns each with ovoidal side-wing and articulated plates above and below, the bottom plates pierced for attaching the greaves, the latter each hinged together and with wide rounded-toes sabatons both of eight articulated plates (old surface patination and light surface rust): on a wooden stand mounted on a wooden plinthFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Copy Of The Helmet Made For James II By Richard Holden in 1686With rounded one-piece skull etched with three bands of flowering scrolling foliage between double line borders, the central band with crown in splendour at the front, pierced plume-holder at the rear, pivoted fall with upper border etched en suite and with integral bluntly pointed peak, the latter carrying a face-guard pierced and etched with the royal arms and initials 'IR' (for Jacobus Rex) above symmetrical scrollwork, and with turned baluster terminal at the base, pointed neck-guard of three upward-lapping lames etched en suite with the skull, and single plate ear-pieces, the main borders turned and with dome-headed rivets throughout 25 cm. highFootnotes:For the original helmet preserved in the Royal Armouries see A.R. Dufty, European Armour In The Tower Of London, 1968, p.9, pl. LXVII (II. 123). For more information see Howard L. Blackmore & Claude Blair, 'King James II's Harquebus Armours and Richard Holden of London', J.A.A.S, vol. XIII, no. 5 (September 1991), pp. 316-334, pls. 4 and 5For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Equestrian Full Armour For Man And Horse In Mid-Late 16th Century Style The Breast- And Back-Plate Late 16th Century, The Remainder 19th CenturyThe former comprising a close-helmet with skull rising to a roped comb, beak-shaped visor with horizontal vision slits and pivoted at the same points as the upper- and lower-bevors, the former pierced on each side with a floret-shaped arrangement of breaths within a circle of small circular holes, the latter with turned and roped border designed to turn on the upper border of the two-plate gorget, breast-plate of rounded form with bold turn at the neck, riveted two-piece skirt carrying tassets each of four upward-lapping lames, the outer borders turned and roped and including an arch over the groin, back-plate with single-plate culet and turned and roped border, fully articulated vambraces comprising upper arms each of seven overlapping plates with a bracelet turning joint at their base, heart-shaped couters, lower cannons hinged together and secured by pin-catches, fingered gauntlets each with flared cuff with recessed turned and roped border, and hinged thumb-defence, and full length leg harness comprising single-plate cuisses, poleyns each with side-wing, between two articulated plates, the bottom plates pierced for attaching greaves, the latter each hinged together and with round-toed sabatons both of ten articulated plates, etched overall with bands and borders of symmetrical scrolling foliage inhabited by a crowned double-headed eagle on the breast-plate and pairs of grotesques elsewhere, all between borders of beading and ropework, the pauldrons each with an armed cherub astride a foliate demi-horse; the latter comprising a shaffron incorporating an earlier main-plate (some old holes and repairs), embossed with radiating fluting and with riveted boldly roped brass border around the nose, riveted ear-pieces and prominently arched bars forming a trellis over each eye, large cheek-defences hinged on leathers, and central tubular plume-holder, crinet of nine articulated plates, large crupper of plates riveted together and incorporating an embossed spirally twist tail-guard etched with bands of dots against a blackened ground, the riveted lower borders en suite, large peytral en suite and involving a roundel at the front centred on a star against a sun-in-splendour, saddle of padded partly quilted green velvet, the cantle with shaped plates at the rear, and large pommel-plate carrying two shaped side-plates at the front, the barding etched overall with scrolling foliage against a dotted blackened guard and all between plain bright borders: mounted on a black fibreglass model of a horse caparisoned in red velvet with gold brocade borders and tassels; together with a brass-mounted bit, green velvet reins, and a pair of arched steel stirrups etched en suiteThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * W* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.W Objects displayed with a 'W' will be located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Composite Harquebusier's Half-ArmourThe Breast- And Back-Plate Mid-17th CenturyOf blackened iron, comprising a pot helmet with rounded two-piece skull riveted together, bluntly-pointed fixed fall with turned edge and pierced for an adjustable bar-nasal secured by a wing-headed screw, neck-guard embossed with simulated lames and with turned recessed border, hinged cheek-pieces each with raised roundel pierced with small holes over the ear, and dome-headed rivets, breast-plate with low medial ridge, and with a later hook on each side for the later leather belt, turned neck and arms, back-plate en suite, later adjustable shoulder-straps reinforced with riveted steel plates, and a bridle-gauntlet for the left arm, with rounded elbow-length cuff made in two pieces hinged together and with turned edges and locking pin-catch, the upper border followed by an engraved double line, the hand of five overlapping metacarpal plates and knuckle-plate all articulated on dome-headed rivets, finger scales on leathers, and hinged thumb-defence en suiteFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Composite Pikeman's Half-Armour With Rare French 'Toiras' Breast-Plate Mid-17th CenturyOf iron, comprising a pot helmet (some pitting and minor damage) with two-piece skull with low turned comb, the base of the skull encircled by dome-headed lining rivets, and downturned brim with turned border, breast-plate (small internal riveted repairs) with medial ridge stamped with the name 'TOIRAS' towards the base, neck, arms and shaped skirt (adapted and with later riveted repair) all with plain turns bordered by incised double lines, rectangular tassets (pitted) each embossed with simulated lames and with domed brass-headed lining rivets, and secured by later hook catches on later leather straps reinforced with riveted brass platesFootnotes:The inscription on the breast-plate refers to Jean de Saint-Bonnet, maréchal de Toiras (1585-1636), a distinguished French general in the service of Louis XIII, and later of the Duke of Savoy. In 1623 he was made governor of Fort Louis, in the port of La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast, then a Huguenot (protestant) centre. As the result of a Huguenot rising in 1625, the King went to war with them, and in 1627 his forces besieged La Rochelle. The rebels were supported by Charles I of England, who sent a relief force under the command of the Duke of Buckingham, which landed and occupied the nearby island of Ré. It was eventually heavily defeated by the French royal forces, as was another expedition sent in 1628. Toiras played a prominent part in the defeat of the rebels, and the pieces under discussion, which, according to C. J. ffoulkes were captured 'from a French ship', must have been intended for this troopsThe Tower Armouries' Remains (inventories) for 1676 and 1688 contain the following entries relating to the Toiras pieces:1676'Armes of the Toryas Provision Backes 236 Brestes 229'1688'Armr of the Toiras Provon 339 Backs at 8s a pce, 239 Breasts at 8sa pce.'The number had been reduced to two hundred and thirteen backs and breasts by the time ffoulkes published his inventory of the Tower Armouries in 1916 (nos. III. 184-396). A number of these, of which this breast-plate is presumably one, were sold through Sotheby's in the 1960sSee C.J. ffoulkes, Inventory and Survey of the Armouries of the Tower of London, 2 vols. 1916, l, p. 153; and A.R. Dufty & W. Reid, European Armour in the Tower of London, 1969, p. 9, pl. CXXFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small quantity of Greek coins, including; Macedon, Alexander the Great, Drachm, head of Herakles right wearing lion-skin, rev. Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, 3.16g and 4.15g, near fine to very fine (2); Mesembria, Diobol, 450-350 BC, Corinthian helmet facing, rev. four spoked wheel, very fine; Ptolemy II, Tetradrachm, Tyre, (285-246 BC), diademed head of Ptolemy I right, rev. eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, 14.00g (CPE 556; Svoronos 637), very fine. [4]
Royal Air Force: a quantity of uniform items and memorabilia, including: No 1 Service Dress: three jackets, three pairs of trousers, three caps; No 5 Mess Dress: jacket, waistcoat and trousers; a greatcoat; a side cap; a tropical jacket and trousers and various other items of tropical dress; a stable belt; a leather flying helmet; a collection of wall mounted squadron badges; and other items.
A Royal Artillery officer's blue cloth Home Service helmet, gilt brass front plate and ball spike on cruciform base, brass bound peak, lined interior with leather sweatband, leather lined brass chinscales; together with an Imperial German pickelhaube, leather with white metal helmet plate for Hesse-Darmstadt, steel spike on round base; and a small collection of spurs, six pairs, brass and steel, displayed on a fabric covered wooden block. [3]
A Mende helmet mask Sierra Leone with a ringed neck and a detailed coiffure including carved cowrie shells and a crested and double horned headdress, with two seated female figures wearing masks, 43.5cm high. Provenance Joseph Gordon, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, died 1969, thence by descent.
English Provincial School (19th century)A soldier of the 40th Foot and his wife, in a grey dress and blue ribbon, holding a prayer book, a ship setting sail behind hera pair, oil on canvas34 x 27cm (2)The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) to form the Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) in 1881. In the 18th and 19th centuries the regiment wore a scarlet coat with buff facings, silver lace and buttons arranged in pairs on the cuff, as in the present painting.The uniform and the shako in the picture, plus the haircut, dates the picture to the early 1800s; the pattern of helmet depicted was introduced in 1799 and abandoned in 1814. The sitter is a Sergeant Major (4 chevrons). He has silver lace epaulettes, carries a swagger cane and wears a sword, all of which confirm that rank attribution. The use of 4 chevrons as a badge of rank was only introduced in 1802, helping to further date the picture to 1802-1814.The regiment served in Australia in 1823-1828, when it fought in the Black War (1825-1832) against the indigenous peoples of Australia. The regiment returned to Australia in 1852 and was involved in the Eureka Rebellion (1854). There exists in Melbourne, Australia, today the 40th Regiment Living History Unit, a group of enthusiasts dedicated to preserving the memory of the 40th. This unit, which is affiliated with the 40th successor regiment in title (Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment) wears the uniform of the 40th at the time it was based in Australia, and so is not the uniform depicted in the painting.We are grateful to Christopher Joll for his assistance with the catalogue entry.Condition report: Lined and cleaned. Craquelure overall and the wife has a line of damage bisecting her portrait and old stretcher bar marks can be seen from the front. Few chips to the gilt frames.
A Charles X Sienna marble and bronze clock garniture, the clock surmounted by a well-cast seated warrior, his shield, helmet and sword at his side, on a bronze-mounted marble base, the bronze dial indistinctly inscribed, the two-train movement striking on a bell, the candelabra each with five sconces modelled as Roman oil lamps on a Sienna marble column and figural bronze and marble base, clock 66cm high candelabrum 80cm high (3)Condition report: Clock: Dial worn and rubbed.Movement not checked.Minor chips and rubbing.Candelabrum:Both need tightening and straightening.
A collection of 19th century and other blue and white printed wares including a rectangular pen box and cover with printed landscape and ruin decoration, a helmet shaped sauce boat with relief moulded leaf detail and blue printed floral decoration in the 18th century manner, a Copeland Spode Italian pattern blue and white printed tea pot, etc, together with two green glass wine glasses, a brass wire work letter rack, etc (a collection)
German Paratrooper WWII type helmet with double decal. Helmet, shell and liner are original, chin strap, outer paint and wire is a water replacement. The post war decals are believed to be original though we cannot confirm. This helmet could be a renovation project. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots) Condition Report: No visible makers marks.
Collection of WWII and Later Ambulance Service Helmet and Caps, To include a WWII Home Front Steel Helmet, With Chin Strap, Area Superintendent Cap for Leicestershire Ambulance Service 1982 to 2007, Scottish Ambulance Service Cap, circa 1950s to 1974, Area Chief Ambulance Officer (Rank 1) Issue 1974 to 1987, Ambulance Officers Cap, Issue 1974 to 1987, Lothian & Borders Area Cap, Issue 1974 to 1987, And with a Royal Army Medical Corps Beret, (8)
Collection of Climbing / Mountaineering Equipment, Comprising of a Viking Abseil 8, Two Single Pullies, Irbis Ice Screw, Four Carabiners - 1 x Clip 3 x Screw, Petzel Ascender, Compass, Set of MSR (Mountain Safety Research) Stainless Steel Pans, Another Set of Stainless Steel Pans, Frying Pan, MSR Fuel Bottle, Two Sigg Water Bottles, Snow / Ice Saw, Berghaus Gortex Gaiters, Wild Country Climbing Harness, Trailwise Gaiters, Polar Paws Fleece Mits, Thermarest Chair Frame, MSR Stove, TUV Crampons with other Crampons, Karrimor Jaguar E75 Rucksack 100 Liter, Thermarest Blue Mat, Thermarest Full Size Green Mat, Orange Plastic Emergency Bivvy Bag, Weatherproof Rucksack Liner Bag, Phreeranger Phoenix 1 Man Mountaineering Tent, Phreeranger Gortex Bivvy Bag, Outdoor Research Water Bottle and Insulate Container, REI Padded Slipper Boots, Mountain Equipment Gortex Mits, Polartec Alpine Bib, Buffalo Sleeping Bag Inner Insert, Red Petzel Helmet, Mountain Equipment Gortex Bib, Mountain Equipment Gortex Down Jacket, Belay Device, Two Mountain Technology Aluminium Snow s 35", Charlet Moser Long Metal Ice Axe, (The items in this lot have been previously used and will be sold as listed in the Description) Condition reportUnfortunately because of the value of this lot we are unable to provide a condition report on the items in this lot.We have taken additional images of the Jacket in this lot.The Jacket and Bib Trousers are size XL
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