A 12-bolt diving helmet by Morse Diving Equipment C. Inc, Boston:, number '6605' (matching), the oval side windows and guards rotated through 90 degrees, circular front window with guard, comms cup, the outlet with wheel and banana valve , stamped 'BTE' for Batteryless Telegraph Equipment company, rear air inlet and telephone connectors, the corselet with maker's plaque as per title, lashing eyes to the rim and two breastplate eyes, counterstruck brass brails, 47cm high, * see page 117, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
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A 12-bolt lightweight diving helmet by Morse Diving Equipment Manufacturers, Boston, USA:, numbered '6795', the spun bonnet with circular side and front windows with guards, rear air intake and double comms boxes, outlet valve, one cable box stamped, Craftsweld NY', offset locking bolt, the hammered corselet with manufacturer's plate and brass brails, in a tinned finish, unused 44cm high. * see pages 118-119, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 12-bolt diving helmet with corselet air intake by A J Morse & Son, Boston:, number '1101' (matching), the circular front window and oval side windows with guards, lashing eyes and side hooks, side outlet with head button, the corselet with rear air inlet and two pipe holders to the front, maker's plate as per title to breastplate, front handing posts and brass brails, 45cm high. *Anthony Pardoe notes-'... the most distinguishable feature is the air inlet pipe going into the ring of the corselet at the back. The air is channelled inside the ring to a front cut-out, which diverts the air upwards to keep the front window clear. It appears that this was not completely satisfactory as the air inlet has been changed back to the normal design, entering on the back of the head with air channels inside to keep all the windows clear. Most helmets of this pattern have been converted as described, but the old system being left in place makes them more interesting to collectors. * see pages 120-121, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 12-bolt square faced diving helmet by A J Morse & Co, Boston:, number '3223' (matching), the top and side windows with brass guards, large square front window with lashing eyes above, spitcock to right and side, opposed by head button outlet valve, rear air intake and lanyard hooks, safety bar to locking catch, the corselet signed as per title, with hanging posts and eyes, 49cm high. * Anthony Pardoe notes - 'When this helmet was purchased, we were told that Morse remembered making it with this large square window for the U.S. Navy, who had some special purpose for it - but shall we ever know? An unusual attractive helmet in which it would be great to dive.' * see page 122, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 12-bolt single window Commercial diving helmet by A J Morse & Son, Boston:, number '5997 (matching), the large inverted pentagonal window with guard, telephone cap upper right, side outlet with banana valve and rear air intake and comms, the corselet rim with two tie offs, hanging posts and maker's plaque as per title, the elongated lower right stud used for attaching a first stage valve, 46cm high. * see pages 124-125, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A US Navy MK V Helium MOD-1 diving helmet by Desco Diving Equipment Co, Boston:, number '358' (matching) the four observation windows with guards, the front window hinged to one side, outlet control to lower left with banana valve to crown and outlet exhaust,the safety catch moved to the front of the helmet to accommodate the large scrubbing chamber with Oxy/Helium inlet, the crown with central lifting eye surrounded by standard air inlet, capped comms and electrical connection for heated underwear, the corselet with maker's plate as per title dated '12.01.05', breastplate eyes and brass brails, 56cm high. * see page 126-127, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 3-bolt Model DM.20 diving helmet by Draeger:, number '3205' (matching), top handle, circular observation windows, the top window with guard, reserve air supply below front window, rear inlet and side outlet with head button, rear comms port, the corselet stamped as per title, front and rear handing loops, 52cm high. * see pages 130-131, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 3-bolt 'Bubikopf' diving helmet by Draeger, number '1074' : (matching), riveted handle to top, four observation windows, the top window with guard, capped reserve air inlet below front window, the 'Bubikopf' (cutaway or bobbed) back, with air inlet and comms, side outlet with head button, the corselet with maker's plate and front and rear hanging loops, 44cm high. * see page 132, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A modern steel shallow water diving helmet by Subaqueous Engineering:, number 'B-05-02', top handle over circular window with guard , oval front window with guard and gas valve air inlet, maker's plaque to breastplate, safety tie off and front and rear hanging posts, 47cm high. * see page 9, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A German 3-bolt DM.20/40 diving helmet by Draeger:, number '3949' ( matching), riveted handle over circular windows with guard to top window, reserve air inlet below front window, side outlet with head button, the rear having capped telephone and standard air inlet along with re-breather connectors, the corselet stamped as per title, front and rear hanging loops, 51cm high. * see page 134, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A German 3-bolt DM.20 diving helmet by Draeger:, number '2661' (matching), circular windows with guards to top window, reserve air inlet below front window, side oulet and rear air inlet and comms, the corselet stamped as per title, front and rear weight loops, 53cm high. * see page 135, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A Draeger self contained DM.40 diving helmet:, number '388' (matching), riveted handle to top , circular observation windows, the top window with guard, spitcock, reserve air inlet below front window, outlet with head button, 'Bubikopf' rear with inlet on a supporting bracket, telephone port and re- breather inlet/outlet, the interior fitted microphone and receiver, depth gauge and pocket watch holder, the corselet stamped as per title and fitted front and rear hanging loops, 43cm high. * see pages 136-137, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A set of DM 220 diving equipment by Drager:, comprising a 12-bolt DM 220 yellow fibreglass 'Swim-Diving' helmet, the shaped bonnet with handle to top and guarded top window, the front window hinged to one side, side outlet with black rubber safety cover, rear air inlet and comms, the narrow fronted corselet with weight posts suitable for either standard weights or regulator fittings, also together with a DM 220 dive suit. height of helmet 51cm high. * see pages 138-139, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A German 3-bolt diving helmet by Drager/Haganuk:, the Haganuk bonnet with riveted handle and guarded top window, circular side and front windows, pepper pot outlet with head button and rear air inlet and comms, attached to a standard Drager corselet with front and rear hanging loops, 54cm high. * see page 140, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A German 3-bolt diving helmet by Drager:, number '4086' (matching), four circular observation windows , the top window with guard, reserve air inlet below front window, capped comms port, inlet and outlets to the rear, the counterstruck corselet with four handing loops,53cm high. * see page 141, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A 3-bolt diving helmet with quick release mechanism by Flohr, Kiel,:, four circular windows, the top with guard, rear air intake and side adjustable air outlet, the corselet with rear weight hangers and front hinged hangers secured by a cotter pin, manufacturer's plaque to front as per title, internal ducts, 47cm high. * Anthony remarks- 'The weights are hung on a split bar fixed on the corselet. In an emergency they can be jettisoned by the diver pulling the cotter-pin with the chain attached, allowing the two bars to swing down releasing the weights. It seems such a simple way to be able to drop the weights that I am surprised that other manufacturers did not incorporate it into their designs.' * see page 142, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A German 3-bolt diving helmet by FR Flohr, Kiel:, four observation windows , the top window with guard, wing-nut spitcock, side outlet with head button, comms cup, rear air inlet and capped telephone, the corselet with maker's plaque as per title and front weight hangers, 52cm high. * see page 144, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
An East German 3-bolt diving helmet by Medi:, circa 1940s/50s, brass riveted handle to top, circular top window and side windows with guards, circular faceplate, rear air intake and comms, reserve air inlet to side of face plate and air outlet with head purge, the corselet of distinctive 'V' shape stamped 'Medi', with front and rear weight hangers, 54cm high. * see page145, vol 1, 'Diving Helmets and Equipment Through The Ages'.
A scarce British military Mk 1 Brodie pattern steel helmet stamped 1939/Mark, bearing 'London Cat' decals for 1st London Division/56th Infantry c/w original liner Condition Report good original overall, minimal impressions and rusting, the liner largely intact but in a somewhat perished state
A pair of Plaue, Thuringia candlesticks, 19 cm high; each one modelled as a Putto seated beside a floral design, underglaze-blue Plaue present-day mark; together with a Continental porcelain figure of a Cupid holding a helmet, 13 cm high, un-marked, all 20th Century (3) Condition Report The damage includes one candlestick with the Putto's arm repaired.
An early 20th Century brass car mascot for the North Eastern Automobile Association, the winged helmet wearing warrior with shield in left hand inscribed "NEAA North Eastern Automobile Association" and sword in right hand, on domed base with floral decoration later wooden stand, 6 1/4 (16cms) high.
Attributed to Girolamo Santacroce, Andrea Caraffa, as Count of Santa Severina (1496) and later Viceroy of Naples (died 1526), bronze medal, bust left wearing helmet, rev., Prudence seated, 37.5mm (Hill 349; Kress 109 = Pollard 153), pierced, bare metal, fine contemporary cast; after Caradosso, Niccolò Orsini (1442-1510), Count of Pitigliano and Nola, bronze-gilt medal, bust left, rev., Orsini on horseback, 42.5mm (Hill 667), thrice pierced, gilding worn, a contemporary cast [Clifford lots 22 and 42] (2). The medal of Orsini is a rare version of the original by Caradosso with the inscriptions altered to name the sitter as Commander of the Venetian forces. Orsini was appointed as such on 30 October 1495 by Doge Agostino Barbarigo.
*Gian Antonio Signoretti (d. 1602), Giulia Pratonieri, uniface lead medal, three-quarter length bust facing right set on a voluted plinth, wearing elaborate helmet and drapery, two spears tucked under her left arm; signed on volute below her right arm, s, 68mm (Attwood 653; Arm. I, 213, 3; Clifford 154), pierced, some marks but an extremely fine contemporary cast [ex Clifford collection]. Ex Michael Hall collection, Baldwin’s, 4 May 2010, lot 168. Pollard mentions that aside from the Kress example (Pollard 522 = Kress 453, in a lead alloy) only two specimens of this medal are recorded, being those in Berlin (Bange 261, a later cast in bronze) and the Bargello (Vannel & Toderi 630, also in bronze). To these should be added the damaged gilt-lead specimen in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Attwood 653a) and the lead specimen formerly in the Clifford collection (1996 catalogue, lot 154). As noted in Currency of Fame the finest examples of these uniface medals of the Emilian school are cast on wafer-thin lead flans, as is the case with the present medal and the piece formerly owned by Clifford. Signoretti’s fine mannerist style along with that of other members of the Emilian school of medallists such as Ruspagiari and Bombarda has been connected to the art of the painter Lelio Orsi of Novellara (c. 1511-87) who had an involvement with the mint of Reggio. Signoretti himself wrote two letters to Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara in December 1569 describing the coins to be struck there under Orsi’s supervision.
*The Master F.V., Duarte, 5th Duke of Guimaraes (1541-76) and nephew of King John III of Portugal, bronze-gilt medal, half-length portrait left in armour, holding baton and helmet; signed below right arm, f.v., rev., Athena standing left, holding spear, olive branch and shield (by Bombarda), 68mm (Arm. III, 99, A; Lamas 2 (an electrotype); cf. Attwood 655), pierced, an old cast with later incised inscriptions [Clifford lot 132]. Ex Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, Auction 161, 31 October 1927, lot 19. The reverse is by the Emilian artist Bombarda (as Arm. III, 95, C) and does not belong to the obverse. Nevertheless, as a mule, Armand cited an example in the Royal Coin Cabinet in Parma so the combination of obverse and reverse is known. However, the present medal has been intriguingly adapted at a later date so as to pretend to depict King Edward V of England (the elder of the two “Princes in the Tower”) who reigned for two months in 1483 between the death of his father Edward IV and the crowning of his uncle Richard III. The baton held by the sitter is incised r.a. regnavit menses ii (“He reigned for two months as King of England”), the bust itself is incised aet xiii (“aged 13”, Edward V’s age when king) and on the helmet there is the date ann. 1483. With renewed interest in the English monarchy following the Restoration and the discovery of children’s bones in the Tower of London in 1674 which were assumed to be those of the princes (and are buried in Westminster Abbey) it is tempting to believe that someone at that time (or of course later) created this medal out of one with a very appropriate obverse inscription and with a portrait of a young prince - but as the portrait shows, not young enough!
A 19TH CENTURY GILT INK STAND, the blue flash glass inkwell with ormolu mounts and flanked by greyhounds to either side supporting a coronet, all creating a crest, the stand cast with a helmet, foliate scrolls and winged cherubs, one emblematic of music and other of writing, 28cm wide x 18cm high
A PAIR OF IRISH GEORGE III SILVER SAUCE BOATS, Dublin 1786, mark of Matthew West, of shaped oval helmet form, with punched rims, applied acanthus wrapped 'S' scroll handles, the bodies with later decorated repoussé, chased and engraved foliate motifs surrounding central cartouche under spout, and raised on shell capped hoof feet, (c.18ozs). 20cm long
A SILVER TEAPOT, Sheffield 1910, mark of James Deakin & Sons, of oblong form, with ebon handle and finial, raised on pad feet. 22.5cm over handle an spout; together with a small silver sauceboat, Birmingham 1939, mark of Elkington & Co, of helmet form, with 's'-scroll handle, raised on shell capped pad feet. 13cm long (c.13.5ozs in all, including ebon handle)
dating: first quarter of the 20th Century provenance: Argentina Straight, double-edged blade of lozenge section, engraved with coat of arms, the writing "Republica Argentina", trophies and floral motifs, the tang marked "CLARET"; silver-plated, metallic hilt partially pierced with Argentina coat of arms at the shell-guard, antique, plumed helmet-pommel decorated with floral motifs; grip with mother-of-pearl grip scaled and metallic wire binding. dimensions: length 97.5 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Germany Made of cast iron, skull with comb in one piece, complete with visor, ventail, beaver, neck-guard blade and nape-guard. The surface decorated with high and bas-relieved warriors, both on foot and on horseback, old-fashioned trophies, dragons, masks, imaginary animals and floral motifs. A very beautiful helmet, of unusual quality. dimensions: height 32 cm.
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France Counter-curved, single-and false-edged blade, marked at the base with a helmet and a sword and with the letters "P" and "L" at one side, "VC" at the other; iron crossbar with ring and octagonal outline at the inside; brass grip with clutch and button with spring. Scabbard without chape, brass cap provided with shield-button. dimensions: length 70,7 cm.
A Prussian Cuirassier trooper's steel helmet, having a brass spike plate with steel spike, lobster tail neck guard and brass eagle plate, with leather backed chin scales and brown leather liner, together with the original canvas cover. Provenance, Ex Rushbrook Hall, Bury St Edmunds. Condition Report / Extra Information Chinscales complete and unbroken. One rivet missing from brass spike plate. Two small areas of discolouration to the base of lobster-tail and to front peak of the helmet. Area of staining and holes to the base of the cover, and several other smaller holes to cover.
An 1878 pattern blue cloth Officer's helmet for the Manchester Regiment, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, circa 1888-1901, having silver plated spike above Regimental plate with rosette ear bosses and velvet backed chin strap, bearing a label to the interior for J.B. Pearse & Co., London, in original metal case.
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