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Lot 777
Impressive composite French Cuirassiers' uniform comprising reproduction helmet with brass comb, fur trim and horsehair and feather plumes, pair plated steel cuirassis with brass studs and straps and red and white cloth trim, old French coatee with red epaulettes, modern jodhpurs, boots and gloves, all mounted on a mannequin
Lot 137
A BLACK LEATHER CAVALRY HELMET AND SILVER-MOUNTED CARTOUCHE POUCH OF 11TH (PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN) HUSSARS, CIRCA 1868-70 the first with black leather skull, white metal helmet plate, chin chain, plume-holder and white horse hair plume, the second with engraved silver cover (marks rubbed) applied with the regimental title in brass, and black leather pouch (both worn) the helmet: 35 cm; 13 3/4 in high (2)
Lot 140
**A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb (patched), and associated visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots, the 'frog-mouthed' visor fitted beneath the right of its pair of vision-slits with a short lifting-peg (replaced), and the blunt prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right with nine circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, the upper and lower bevor each fastened at the same side by means of hinged hasps and turning-pins, and the lower edges of the skull and bevor fitted with extension-plates formed with hollowed rims designed to fit over and rotate on the turned upper edge of the collar; the composite collar formed of three plates front and rear (the lowest front one restored); breastplate formed of a main plate of deep 'peascod' fashion fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of one lame fitted at each side with a pair of straps supporting a pendent tasset of five lames (the waist-flange and left gusset of the breastplate each with a crack at its centre); one-piece backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge; two pauldrons (not a pair) of near-symmetrical design, each formed of seven lames (the uppermost two of the right and the lowest four of each associated); two vambraces (not a pair) of fully articulated tubular design, each fitted at its upper end with a turner, the right of two lames, and the left of one, and at its elbow with a bracelet couter of three lames; two gauntlets (not a pair), each formed of a flared and obtusely-pointed tubular cuff (the tip of the right chipped), closed at the inside of the wrist by an overlapped join, five metacarpal-plates (the last of the right restored and the inner end of the left disarticulated) and a shaped knuckle-plate (the right restored , both lacking their scaled finger-defences); two cuisses (not a pair) each formed of a short gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames formed at the outer end of its third with a small medially-puckered oval side-wing (the lowest lame of the right poleyn patched); and a pair of greaves (restored) each of full-length tubular form, articulated at the ankle and terminating in a moderately broad-toed integral sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns decorated, other than on the cuirass and gauntlets, with roping, and its surfaces etched in bands and borders on a blackened ground, variously stippled or cross-hatched, with trophies involving at some points busts, masks, cherubs and interlace, original in the case of that applied to the skull and bevor of the helmet, the upper lames of the collar and the main plate of the right pauldron, but more recently added elsewhere (the armour lightly to moderately patinated overall)See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Duveen Brothers, New York, (no. 24444) JWHA Inv. No. 424 Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Massachussetts, 1928-30
Lot 144
**A CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, 19TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with rounded two-piece skull rising to a low roped medial comb, fitted at its rear with a neck-guard of two lames and at its front with a bellows visor and bevor attached by common pivots, the visor stepped below its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced with three rows of ventilation-slots and fitted at its right with a lifting-peg, and the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form an integral front gorget-plate; collar of three lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a rounded main plate fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset, at its right with a cabled folding lance-rest and within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of four lames and integral tassets each of four lames; backplate formed of a main plate fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of three lames; large asymmetrical pauldrons formed in each case of five lames fitted at the front of the third and largest of them with an upstanding haute-piece; vambraces formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked by internal leathers to a large well-shaped intervening winged bracelet couter; mitten-gauntlets each formed of a short straight-ended cuff fitted with a separate hinged inner plate, four metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate and four finger-plates; cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its upper edge with a short crescentic extension-plate and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of four lames; and full-length tubular greaves each fitted within the arched lower edge of its front plate with a broad-toed sabaton of seven lames; the main edges of the armour formed with boldly-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated overall, except on the visor, bevor, waist-lames, haute-pieces and greaves, with bands and panels of flutes See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Chateau Vic near Carcassone, France, 1926 JWHA Inv. No. 1964
Lot 147
**A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, GERMAN AND ITALIAN, MID-16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising close helmet of so-called 'Savoyard' type with rounded skull formed in two halves joined by a turn along a low medial comb, peak, face-defence and bevor attached to it by common pivots (replaced) with heads cast in relief as lions' masks, the peak of narrow obtusely-pointed form, the face-defence formed as a human mask with flanged oval eye-opening, a nose embossed in high relief and pierced with nostrils, and an engraved grinning mouth pierced with five circular ventilation-holes, the face-defence and bevor each secured by a pierced stud and swivel-hook (the latter probably replaced), and the lower edges of the skull and bevor each flanged outwards to receive a single deep rounded gorget-plate (both associated and the lower edge of the rear one restored); collar of three lames front and rear; breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, possessing a shallow neck-opening, fitted at its arm-openings with movable gussets, struck with four bullets, two of which have respectively pierced or cracked the metal, and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames (associated) the lowest of which is cut with a shallow arch pierced just above its centre with a hole for the attachment of a codpiece and fitted to either side of it on three straps (the inner one in each case broken) supporting a knee-length tasset of ten lames, divisible between the fifth and sixth, and terminating in a winged poleyn of three lames; backplate (restored) formed in one piece with shallow neck and arm-openings and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a culet of three lames; large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of eleven lames of which five at the front serve as a fan-like extension of the lower edge of the third and main one, operating about a pivot (replaced) furnished with a lion's-mask head en suite with those of the helmet (the lowest three lames of the right pauldron protecting the outside of the arm associated); two fully articulated vambraces (not a pair), each fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame and at its elbow with a winged couter of three lames open at the inside of the elbow, the second decorated at the point of the elbow with an embossed eight-petalled flower-head (the right couter cracked and patched at points and having associated upper and lower lames); fingered gauntlets each formed of a moderately long flared and pointed cuff fitted with a shorter separate inner plate, a wrist-plate, five metacarpal-plates, a shaped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (some scales detached or missing); and a pair of full-length tubular greaves each terminating in an integral broad-toed sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour turned inwards and, except on the helmet and greaves, extensively decorated with roping, and the subsidiary edges of the collar, tassets and pauldrons decorated with pairs of scored linesSee note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Vigier family, Solothurn Count R. von Kaunitz, sold Gallerie Fischer, 13 May 1936, lot 85 JWHA Inv. No. 2354 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, The John Woodman Higgins Armoury, Worcester Masssachusetts, 1961, pp. 98-9
Lot 152
**A SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET AND COLLAR, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY the first with a skull formed in one piece with six facets rising at it apex to an acute point pierced front and rear with a pair of lace-holes, its left side pierced over the ear with three further holes perhaps for the attachment of a plume-holder, and its front cut with a broad arched face-opening (patched at the left), peak and bevor attached by dome-headed common pivots, the former of broad obtusely-pointed form (with a crack at its upper rear edge) and the latter fitted over its U-shaped face-opening with an upright falling buffe of one plate (restored) supported at the right of the chin by a projecting spring-catch and pierced at each side of the face with twelve small ventilation-holes arranged in three rows, and two short rounded gorget-plates front and rear (the lowest at the rear associated and the remainder restored); the main edges of the helmet formed with roped inward turns accompanied, except on the buff, by recessed borders; the second formed of three lames front and rear (the lowest two in each case associated and reworked), the lowest in each case orginally fitted with integral spaudlers and that at the front struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, the upper edge of the first lame in each case formed with a roped inward turn and the surfaces of all lames except the lowest two at the rear decorated with three diverging bands formed of pairs of incised lines (lightly pitted overall) (2) Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 1501
Lot 176
AN ITALIC BRONZE HELMET OF MONTEFORTINO TYPE, 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece, the ogival crown rising to a flattened and pierced terminal, decorated with incised encircling bands and a border of incised chevrons between, at the rear an extending flange forming a short neck-guard, the brim with a carinated ridge and incised encircling bands, fitted inside with a bronze hook on one side and a corroded iron rivet in the rear flange (good condition, with mottled patina overall and limestone internal deposits) 20.5 cm; 8? in Provenance A Private Trust Acanthus, New York, 1997 Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 5 October 2011, lot 77 For a similar helmet preserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum,Vienna, found at Hátzeg, Transylvania, see Gamber 1978, fig. 345. The Montefortino helmet was initially a Celtic and then Roman type of domed helmet, modified over time, it was used for a lengthy period from 4th-1st Century B.C.
Lot 178
A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown decorated with raised parallel medial ridges, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, the integral downward projecting cheek-pieces forming a rectangular facial-opening, bordered with a strip of applied sheet gold, the edges of the helmet decorated with a border of stamped circles, with further circles stamped at the temples (some repairs, gold re-glued, overall condition good with mottled patina) 25.5 cm; 10 in Provenance Hermann Historica, Munich, 4 May 2011, lot 1775
Lot 179
A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF CHALCIDIAN TYPE, 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C. the domed crown rising to a gentle medial ridge, around the crown base an encircling raised contour, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, the cut-out semi-circular openings at the ears and eyes, decorated with a raised border, extending into a short nasal-bar, each side with hinged cheek-pieces, the front edges scallop-shaped, (hinge pins replaced), the exterior surface with remnants of tinning (some repair and restoration, with a mottled tinned and pitted patina) 32.5 cm; 12¾ in Provenance A German private collector Bonhams, Antiquities, London, 20 October 2005, lot 287
Lot 180
AN ITALIC BRONZE HELMET OF NEGAU TYPE, MID-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece, the domed crown rising to a gentle medial ridge, at the brow a broad grooved band encircling the head, with a carinated brim below, pierced at each side with later square suspension-holes, the crown and sides with remnants of soft solder for attachment of decorative mounts, the brim with two incised maker's marks (surfaces cleaned to a light patination) 18.0 cm; 7? in Provenance Axel Guttmann Collection, Berlin, sold Christie's 6 November 2002, lot 37 Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2009 For a similar helmet preserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, found at Enns-Asten, Austria, see Gamber 1978, fig. 346. Also cf. Bottini et al. 1988, pp. 269 and 472, no.72 for the type.
Lot 181
A GREEK BRONZE HELMET OF ILLYRIAN TYPE, 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. formed in one piece with a rounded crown decorated to either side with raised medial ridges, the inner ridges higher with two lower outer parallel ridges, at the rear an outward flange forming a short neck-guard, pierced with a central iron rivet corroded on the inside, the integral downward projecting cheek-pieces forming a rectangular facial-opening, edged by a border of round-headed studs within a raised band continuing around the helmet edge, the forehead with a secondary raised ridge, pierced centrally with a rivet for attachment (heavily repaired and restored, a mottled patina overall) 25.0 cm; 9? in Provenance: Private Collection Vienna Property of an English lady, acquired around 1968-1978. Bonhams, Antiquities and Tribal Art, London, 26 April 2007, lot 301 Illyrian helmets originate in the Peloponnese region, with the majority having been excavated in Illyria (Northwestern part of the Balkan peninsula). Examples of these helmets belonging to Type III A, have been found in warrior graves belonging to Macedonian and Illyrian tribes, the closest example being from Sindos, Grave 115. See Pflug 1988.
Lot 182
A RARE GERMAN ETCHED AND GILT MORION OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE ELECTORS OF SAXONY, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580-90 formed in one piece with a rounded crown rising to a high roped medial comb pierced towards its rear with a transverse hole for tying up a plume, and a narrow integral brim turned down at each side and rising front and rear to an acute point, the front point stuck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg and a makers mark consisting of the conjoined initials 'HP' or 'HR', the edges of the brim formed with file-roped inward turns, the crown pierced at the nape with a pair of holes for the attachment a missing plume-holder and encircled around its base by sixteen lining-rivets of brass of which twelve are original and formed as lions' masks, in three cases retaining brass rings in their mouths, and the remainder are old replacements formed as rosettes, and below them fourteen later lining-rivets of iron with small round heads and polygonal internal washers, the crown decorated with etched and gilt bands of scrolling strapwork enclosing in circular cartouches at the left and right sides respectively the figures of Mutius Scaevola before Porsena and Marcus Curtius leaping into the Gulf, the comb with further etched and gilt bands of repeated scrolls enclosing in smaller circular cartouches at the left and right sides respectively, the arms of the Archmarshalcy of Saxony and of the Dukes of Saxony, and the brim bordered by narrow bands of etched and gilt scrolls matching those of the comb (the right of the brim showing a small crack at its centre; the helmet worn and lightly patinated overall) 29.0 cm; 11? in Provenance The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden The morion belongs to a distinctive group of such helmets which were first made for the Trabantenleibgarde of the Elector August I of Saxony (1553-86) and continued to be used and probably added to in the time of his successors Christian I (1586-91) and Christian II (1601-11). They would have been worn with the black doublets and yellow trunk-hose that formed the uniform of the guard. A large number of helmets of this group , which may have included the present example, were removed from the Electoral armoury in the 1830s and sent to the State Opera House in Dresden for theatrical use, many of which were seen there by Dr Bashford Dean in 1912. See Nickel 1989, pp. 117-21; and Eaves 2002, pp. 149-50.
Lot 186
**A CLOSE HELMET IN THE LATE 16TH CENTURY ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY with a rounded two-piece skull joined by brazing along the crest of a high roped medial comb, fitted at the nape with a tapering plume-holder and at the front with a visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots, the forward-sloping visor stepped and roped beneath its centrally divided vision-slit and fitted at the right with a baluster-ended lifting-peg, the near-upright prow-shaped upper bevor pieced at each side with six X-shaped ventilation-slots arranged in two rows, the bevor proper fitted at its right with a pivoted visor-prop formed and decorated with incised lines as a stylised serpent, the upper bevor and bevor proper respectively secured by a spring-catch and a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and the flanged lower edge of the bevor and skull fitted in each case with a pair of rounded gorget-plates having file-roped inward turns at their lower edges accompanied by a recessed borders 33.0 cm; 13 in
Lot 189
**A BRONZE HELMET IN GREEK 5TH CENTURY B.C. STYLE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY formed in one piece with a rounded crown turned outwards at its rear to form a short neck-guard, with false eye-holes and forward-sloping nose-guard, the cheek guards projecting downwards at the front to form a face-defence, with engraved border, and in 'aged' condition 24 cm; 9 ½ in high
Lot 192
**A SOUTH GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1510-20 with a broad rounded one-piece skull rising to a hollowed medial keel decorated along its centre with a pair of incised lines, broad neck-guard of three lames (the lowest two restored), and associated bellows visor and bevor attached by common pivots (restored), the visor (trimmed at its upper edge) formed with three prominent transverse ridges, the upper one serving as a step beneath a centrally-divided vision-slit, the spaces between the ridges pierced with small ventilation holes, the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short neck-guard and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch (restored), the rear of the skull and the neck-guard decorated with flutes enclosed between pairs of incised lines and arranged in groups of three, the visor decorated with both paired and single incised lines and the lower edge of the bevor and neck-guard formed with a raised rib of V-section accompanied by a recessed border enclosed between single lines (holed and patched at several points) 28.0 cm; 11 in
Lot 281
A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, LACKING ITS VISOR, CIRCA 1530 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low medial ridge (bruised and split at its apex), flanged outwards above its face-opening and fitted at its rear with a single neck-lame (originally accompanied by at least one further lame), its front fitted with a bevor attached by pivots at each side (both replaced and the right moved forwards) and flanged outwards at its lower end to receive a single rounded front gorget-plate, the flange issuing from the brow of the skull decorated top and bottom with a pair of incised lines, and the main edges of the helmet formed with partial inward turns (the front gorget-plate and rear neck-lame each formed of reworked old metal, the holes at the right of the neck to fasten the bevor to the skull, opened out, and the surface lightly patinated overall) 30.5 cm; 12 in
Lot 283
A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1560 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high, file-roped medial comb (patched towards the rear of its crest), and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots (replaced), the forward-sloping visor pierced in front of the file-roped step of its centrally-divided vision-slit with six small ventilation-holes at each side, and fitted at the right with a combined wing-headed turning-pin and lifting-peg that fits into a shaped notch cut into the upper edge of the prow-shaped upper bevor, the latter pierced at its left side with nine small circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation, and at its right side with three vertical ventilation-slots, the upper and lower bevors each secured at the right side by spring-catches with push-button releases, the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges (the front flange patched at its centre) and pierced with three pairs of holes, now plugged with blind rivets, for the leathers that originally attached their gorget-plates, the upper bevor decorated medially and at its upper edge respectively with a band and border each burnished bright, along with the sides of the comb, against an originally black-from-the-hammer ground (now cleaned bright) 28.0 cm; 11 in
Lot 284
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1580 with well-formed one-piece skull rising to a high file-roped medial comb and fitted within it with a quilted canvas lining, projecting forward at the brow as an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a matching one-piece neck-guard fitted within its centre with a leather suspension-tab (split distally), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and partly reworked) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, shaped at its upper edge to fit over the rear of the peak and pierced at its centre with a pattern of small auditory holes, the main edges of the helmet formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the comb decorated to either side of its crest and base with single incised lines, and its surface blackened overall 28.5 cm; 11¼ in
Lot 288
A GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1620 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within the skull with a quilted canvas lining, within its front edge with an obtusely pointed flat peak, at its flanged rear edge with a matching one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surface retaining a black from the hammer finish overall 24.0 cm; 9½ in
Lot 289
AN ITALIAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1570 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high boldly roped medial comb (perforated towards its rear), projecting forward at the brow as an acutely-pointed integral peak (the point bent upwards), at its rear as a similarly pointed integral neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (in each case associated, the right cut and retaining traces of simple linear etching) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with small auditory holes, the main edges of the helmet formed with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders, and the comb decorated to either side of its crest and base with single incised lines (painted black over an oxidised surface) 30.0 cm; 11¾ in
Lot 291
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward at its brow to a short acutely-pointed integral peak struck at the front with the fir-cone mark of the city of Augsburg, flanged outwards at its rear to receive an obtusely pointed one-piece neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its 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 main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns, and its surface retaining a black-from-the-hammer finish overall 30.0 cm; 11¾ in
Lot 294
A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, CIRCA 1620 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, fitted within its front end with an obtusely-pointed integral peak, flanged outwards at its rear to receive a short rounded one-piece neck-guard (the left end detached), and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated and cut at its front edge) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (removed from the peak), its surfaces decorated with raised bands and borders originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 25.0 cm; 9? in
Lot 296
A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, CIRCA 1620-30 with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb, projecting forward and upwards at the brow as an obtusely-pointed integral peak, at its rear as an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated and cut) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with seven auditory holes in rosette-formation, the main edges of the helmet unturned or cut and the skull decorated at each side with a raised band originally burnished bright against a blackened ground (now heavily oxidised overall) 24.0 cm; 9½ in
Lot 297
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, CIRCA 1570-80 with one-piece skull (patched at its left side) boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute backward-directed point, projecting forward at the brow to a broad acutely pointed peak, fitted at its flanged rear edge with a short rounded one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its 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 main edges of the helmet formed with notched inward turns (except on the left cheek-piece where they are roped) and its surfaces decorated with four raised, medially-ridged, radiating bands, and recessed borders, all burnished bright against a blackened ground (the burnished areas lightly patinated and the blackened ones refreshed with paint) 23.9 cm; 9 in
Lot 298
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece skull boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute point (showing welded repairs), fitted at the brow above its later-trimmed face-opening with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its flanged rear edge with a short obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard (the left one fitted at its the centre with two small rivets above a pair of crudely-pierced holes), the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with four radiating recessed bands, medially-ridged on the skull, and burnished bright against a blackened ground (the burnished areas extensively patinated and the blackened ones refreshed with paint; the peak, neck-guard and cheek-pieces associated and later decorated to match the skull) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in
Lot 299
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of an exceptionally high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak and backwards to a flange bearing an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, fitted around the brow and nape with small lining-rivets and brass rosette-washers, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, in the case of the right, with five small auditory holes in dice formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated in low relief with bands and borders (the borders of the right cheek-piece recessed) burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 33.0 cm; 13 in
Lot 3
A JAPANESE HELMET BREAKER (HACHIWARA), POSSIBLY 14TH CENTURY AND A WAKIZASHI the first with slightly curved blade of square section, incised with an inscription on each face and formed with a basal lug, red lacquered wooden grip, in its matching saya; the second with carved single-edged blade, signed tang (Sukemitsu) pierced with a single mekugi-ana, plain iron tang, in its wooden saya the first: 42.2 cm; 16 5/8 in blade (2) The inscription on the first reads 'Nihon fukuji sokin -- (Japan…? ancestor)', 'Genko gannen shogatsu kichijitsu' (on a good January day of Genko, 1331 AD first year), 'Kusunoki tamonbei Masashige', ' Goro Nyudo Masamune zo kore' (made by Goronyudo).
Lot 300
A SOUTH GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, NUREMBERG, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a moderately high file-roped medial comb (pierced transversely with two later holes at the front and two more at the rear), projecting forward to a short obtusely-pointed integral peak struck at its front edge with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, and backwards to a flange bearing a more acutely-pointed one-piece neck-guard, and fitted at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre, within a low circular boss, with nine small auditory holes in rosette-formation, connected by radiating incised lines, the main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with recessed bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the neck-guard and cheek-pieces associated) 28.5 cm; 11¼ in
Lot 301
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece skull (patched at its right side) boxed in four panels and rising at its apex to an acute point, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak (the pivots replaced), at its flanged rear edge with a short rounded one-piece neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (associated) flanged outwards at its 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 main edges of the helmet formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with four radiating bands, medially-ridged on the skull, enclosed in all cases by a narrow rib and burnished bright against a blackened ground (the burnished areas showing a mottled patina and the blackened ones refreshed with paint) 24.5 cm; 9¾ in
Lot 40
A PERSIAN DECORATED GARNITURE COMPRISING HELMET (KULAH KHUD), SHIELD (DHAL) AND ARM DEFENCE (BAZU BAND), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY the first with hemispherical skull formed in one piece decorated over almost its entire outer surface with finely chiselled designs of scrolling foliage and flowers carrying cartouche-shaped panels applied with engraved silver bouquets within gold frames, the base decorated with chiselled panels filled with calligraphic inscriptions and exotic birds all highlighted in silver, fitted with central spike and sliding nasal guard each decorated en suite, a pair of slender plume-holders and the neck fitted with a shaped defence of butted mail links (minor losses); the second of low convex form and formed of two plates, the outer face with four low domed bosses corresponding with loops for enarmes, decorated with foliage, calligraphy exotic birds and beasts all highlighted with silver and gold en suite with the kulah khud; and the third of gutter-shaped form, the interior with an early padded lining and three buckles for attaching to the arm, and the outer surface decorated en suite with the preceding two the first: 28.5 cm 11 ¼ in high (3)
Lot 41
A FINE PERSIAN STEEL HELMET (KULAH KHUD), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY with well forged hemispherical skull decorated over its outer surface with an elaborate gold damascened framework enclosing vacant cartouches and around the base with calligraphic panels alternating with exotic birds, fitted at the front with a sliding nasal bar with retaining thumb-screw, a pair of plume-holders each decorated with gold en suite, at the top with a plain iron spike, and at the neck with a shaped mail defence of butted links 26.5 cm; 10 1/2 in high
Lot 43
A PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH KHUD), QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY with hemispherical skull embossed with a series of slender ribs over its surface, fitted with central plume-holder, two further plume-holders and a sliding nasal bar at the front, and with traces of decoration (patinated), on a wooden stand 38.5 cm; 15 1/4 in high
Lot 761
A Victorian hallmarked silver porringer, Birmingham 1896, a George V hallmarked silver basket, Sheffield 1922 and a George IV hallmarked silver helmet shaped cream jug standing on a square pedestal foot with loop handle, London 1830, combined approx 11.5ozt. CONDITION REPORT Porringer - monogrammed, good condition. Cream jug - monogrammed, creased with a 8mm repair. Basket - no monogram, good condition.
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