**A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED 'MAXIMILIAN' FASHION, SOUTH GERMAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND 19TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with broad rounded one-piece skull (patched at its lower edge) fitted at its rear with a rounded neck-guard of two lames (restored) and at its front with a 'sparrow's beak' visor (restored) and bevor (associated and trimmed to fit) attached by common domed pivots (replaced), the visor stepped below its centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced on the upper surface of its 'beak' with eight small circular ventilation-holes, on the lower surface with ten horizontal ventilation-slots and fitted at its right with a short lifting-peg, and the bevor flanged outwards at its lower edge to form a short integral front gorget-plate and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a spring-catch with push-button release (replaced); collar of four lames front and rear (the front ones restored and the uppermost rear one associated); breastplate (restored) formed of a rounded main plate with a straight upper edge, fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset, at the right of its chest with a folding lance-rest attached by two screws and within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of two lames, the lowest of which is cut with a shallow arch separating a pair of tassets of square form, each of four lames (all of the right and the upper two of the left restored) and suspended from a pair of straps; backplate (restored) en suite with breastplate, formed of a main plate fitted within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a culet of one lames; large symmetrical pauldrons (restored) formed in each case of six lames, the lowest four of which protect only the outside of the arm and are connected by a turner to fully articulated vambrace (restored) formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked to one another by an intervening winged couter of three lames open at the inside of the elbow; mitten-gauntlets (the right restored) formed of a short flaring obtusely-pointed cuff closed at the inside of the wrist by an overlapped and riveted join and extending downwards over the metacarpals to two shorter metacarpal-plates and three finger-plates (one of the left patched at its upper end) alternating with three knuckle-plates decorated in each case with boldly roped transverse ribs; and a laterally-hinged thumb-defence formed of a lozenge-shaped main plate having attached to its truncated distal end a small fragment of later Eastern mail; cuisses (restored) each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its convex upper edge with a crescentic extension-plate and at its lower edge with a poleyn of four lames, the second of which is shaped to the point of the knee and formed at its outside with a large wing ; and full-length tubular greaves (restored) each fitted within the arched lower edge of its front plate with a broad-toed sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour formed with inward turns of prominent and angled form in the case of those of the neck and arm-openings of the breastplate, and boldly roped in the case of those of the tassets, gauntlets and legharnesss, its surfaces decorated overall, except on the visor, bevor, waist-lames, gauntlets and greaves, with bands and panels of flutes emphasised by pairs of incised lines See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Clarence H. Mackay, Harbor Hill, Long Island, New York (sold from his estate by Jaques Seligman & Co, New York, 9 November 1939) JWHA Inv. No. 2605
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**A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, NORTH ITALIAN, LATE 16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising close helmet of cuirassier's type with rounded skull formed in two halves joined along the crest of a low medial comb (bruised and cracked towards its rear) and fitted at the nape with a plume-holder (replaced), peak, face-defence and bevor attached to it by plain common pivots (replaced), the peak of narrow rounded form, the near-vertical face-defence cut at its upper edge with a pair of broad shallow notches serving as vision-slits, and at each side of the front with five vertical ventilation-slots, the face defence and bevor each secured at the right by a pierced stud and swivel-hook (replaced), and the lower edges of the skull and bevor (that of the skull patched at its centre) flanged outwards in each case to receive a pair of rounded gorget-plates (associated); collar of one deep lame front and rear, in each case flanged upwards at the neck-opening to receive at least one additional lame; breastplate formed of a main plate of deep 'peascod' fashion fitted at its arm-openings with moveable gussets (associated) and flanged outwards at its lower edge (cracked) to receive a fauld of one centrally-divided lame (associated) and fitted at each side with a turning-pin and hooked stud to attach a knee-length tasset of eight lames terminating in a winged poleyn of four lames; backplate formed in one piece with broad shallow neck-openings and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a deep detachable culet of three lames (restored, the lowest disarticulate at its left end); large symmetrical pauldrons each formed of seven lames of which the lowest four protect only over the outside of the arm (all those of the right and the lowest two of the left associated and reworked to fit their present context), and the lowest pierced at its centre with a rectangular slot to attach by means of a projecting turning-pin a fully articulated vambrace fitted at its upper end with a turner of one lame and at its elbow with a winged bracelet couter of three lames (restored); fingered gauntlets each formed of a moderately long flared and round-ended cuff closed at the inside by a riveted join and fitted at the outside with four metacarpal-plates (all associated, one of the right disarticulated at its upper end); and a pair of full-length tubular greaves (restored) each articulated once at the ankle and terminating in an integral square-toed sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour formed with file-roped inward turns and its surfaces decorated with etching on a blackened ground, that of the cuirass consisting of alternating bands of foliate interlace and trophies, the former involving oval cartouches occupied by armoured warriors of the 16th century, and that of the remainder consisting of bands and borders of trophies enclosed by projecting filigree-like volutes interrupted at intervals by trefoils (the armour lightly patinated overall); together with a piece of late 16th century mail later cut and shaped to form a codpiece See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Purportedly Prince Eugene Manice of Savoy-Carignan, Count of Soisson Fechtenback Collection, Schloss zu Laudenbach, sold Cologne 1889, lot 102 K. Schaefer, Munich, 17 April 1930 Julius Böhler, Munich, 20 May 1930 JWHA Inv. No. 1148 Literature Hans Schedelmann, 'Der Waffensammler', Waffen- und Kostümkunde, Vol. 6, 1964, pt.1, pp. 56-7, fig.19 (wrongly recorded among fake armours)
**A COMPOSITE GERMAN 'BLACK-AND-WHITE' CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, MID-16TH TO EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising burgonet with a one-piece skull formed with four facets and rising at its apex to an acute point, fitted at the brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at its lower edge with an obtusely-pointed neck-guard of one lame (associated), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (restored) flanged outwards at its lower edge to continue the line of the neck-guard and pierced at its centre with five small circular auditory-holes in dice-formation; 'Almain' collar formed of a single deep plate front and rear, flanged upwards at the neck-opening and fitted at each side with a spaudler (associated) of seven lames (several in each case associated or restored, and one of the left patched); backplate formed in one piece with a broad shallow neck-opening and a short flange at the waist; fully articulated vambraces formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked to one another by an intervening winged couter of three lames open at the inside of the elbow (the left couter restored and the inner end of the wing of the right reshaped), the upper canon surmounted by a turner articulated twice at its upper end and the associated lower cannon rotate by ninety degrees and reshaped at its upper end to fit its present context (the right cracked and perforated as some points); fingered gauntlet for the right hand formed of a long flared and acutely-pointed cuff fitted with a short separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate and scaled finger and thumb-defences (the fourth finger-defence detached, the laterally-hinged thumb-defence restored); cuisses (restored) 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 five lames of which the second is shaped to the point of the knee and formed at its outside with a spade-shaped side-wing; and a pair of tubular greaves (restored) each articulated four times at the ankle and terminating in an integral broad-toed sabaton of eight lames; the main edges of the armour turned inward and decorated in the case of the burgonet, vambraces and gauntlet with file-roping, and the surface of the armour decorated with bands and borders, either raised or recessed, that are burnished bright against a black-from-the-hammer finish (refreshed), involving in the case of the borders of the burgonet, repeated semi-circular lobes (possibly added later) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 405
**A CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR FOR A YOUTH, WITH ETCHED DECORATION, 19TH CENTURY IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1540 comprising close helmet with rounded two-piece skull joined by soldering along the base of the left side of its low boldly roped medial comb, fitted at its rear with a broad tapering plume-holder and its front with a 'sparrow's beak' visor and bevor attached by common pivots with low domed heads, the visor stepped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit, pieced at the right of the upper face of its 'beak' with six small circular ventilation-holes, pierced on the same side of its lower face with two horizontal ventilation-slots and fitted at its right with a baluster-ended lifting-peg, and the bevor secured to the skull at the same side by a spring-catch with push-button release, the lower edges of the skull and bevor each flanged outwards to receive a single rounded gorget-plate; collar of four lames front and rear; one-piece breastplate of rounded medially-ridged form, flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames, the lowest of which is cut with a shallow arch and it fitted to either side of it with an integral tasset of five lames; backplate formed of a central main plate and a pair of side-plates rigidly riveted to one another, and a waist-lame and culet of two lames; large narrow-fronted pauldrons formed in each case of four lames, the lowest connected by a turner with a plain transverse rib to a fully articulated vambrace formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked by an intervening winged couter of three lames, open at the inside of the elbow (the wing of the right broken off and preserved separately); mitten-gauntlets each formed of a moderately long, pointed and slightly flared cuff fitted with a shorter separate inner plate, four metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, four finger-plates and a laterally-hinged thumb-defence of four scales (the right detached); cuisses each formed of a long gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its upper edge two extension-lames and at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of four lames; and a pair of full-length tubular greaves each articulated twice at the ankle and terminating in an integral broad-toed sabaton of nine lames; the main edges of the armour formed with file-roped inward turns and is surfaces etched in bands and borders, on a blackened stippled ground, with scrolling foliage and involving classical and biblical subjects, the latter including David's defeat of Goliath, putti, allegorical subjects and soldiers in both classical and contemporary costume, some in combat See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Duque del Infantado, Madrid, May 1931 JWHA Inv. No. 1645 Exhibited Mrs Charles Wilding White, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1 December 1965 - 10 February 1966
**A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR, EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN THE GERMAN 'MAXIMILIAN' STYLE OF THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY comprising close helmet with broad rounded one-piece skull (repaired at its rear) decorated on its upper surface with three low, boldly-roped sub-parallel-combs, fitted at its nape with a slender tapering plume-holder bearing simple incised ornament and at its front with a 'monkey-faced' visor and bevor attached by common pivots with radially-fluted heads (moved backwards and upwards to accommodate the later associated visor), the visor stepped and roped beneath its centrally-divided vision-slit, pieced at either side of the face with four columns of vertical ventilation-slots, decorated with three vertical roped ribs serving as continuations of the combs, and fitted at its right with a baluster-ended lifting-peg, and the bevor (fitted with small riveted extensions just behind the pivots to allow their movement) strongly shaped to the wearer's chin, the visor and bevor each secured at the right by a spring-catch with push-button release, and the lower edge of the skull and bevor each formed with a boldly-roped internally-hollowed rim that locks over and rotates on the turned upper edge of the collar which is formed of two lames front and rear, the lower of which is in each case much deeper than the one above it; breastplate formed of a rounded main plate fitted at each of its arm-openings with a moveable gusset, at its right with a sturdy folding lance-rest decorated peripherally with scallops and secured by two screws, and within its lower edge with a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a fauld of two lames cut at its lower edge with a shallow arch separating a pair of pendent 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 one lame with a notch at the centre of its lower edge; large asymmetrical pauldrons formed in each case of six lames fitted at the front of the third and largest of them with an upstanding haute-piece and connected by a boldly-roped internally-hollowed integral turner at the lower end of the lowest of them to the flanged upper edge of a three-piece vambrace formed in each case of a tubular upper and lower cannon linked by internal leathers to a large intervening winged bracelet couter pierced around its upper and lower edges with hearts; mitten-gauntlets each formed of a short slightly flared and rounded cuff fitted with a short separate inner plate, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, five finger-plates and a laterally-hinged scaled thumb-defence (the right lacking its distal scales); cuisses each formed of a tall gutter-shaped main plate rising to a convex upper edge and fitted at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of three lames; and full-length tubular greaves each terminating in a broad-toed sabaton of six lames, the last of which is decorated across its front with a boldly roped rib terminating at each end in an embossed whorl; the main edges of the armour turned inwards and boldly roped, except on the couters, and accompanied at most points by single or double recessed borders, and its surfaces decorated overall, except on the visor, bevor, waist-lames, haute-pieces, greaves and parts of the cuisses and poleyns with bands and panels of flutes emphasised by pairs of lines See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Ernst Schmidt, Munich, 29 November 1929 JWHA Inv. No. 1128 Exhibited Worcester Centennial Exposition, The Auditorium, Worcester, Massachusetts, July - August 1948 F. W. Woolworth Co., Worcester, Massachusetts, November - December 1954 WBZ Television, 14 January 1980
**A SOUTH GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE AND COLLAR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY the first of notable weight, comprising rounded one-piece skull originally forming part of a close-helmet, rising to a high medial comb, struck at the left of the brow with the proof-mark of a bullet, fitted at the nape, beneath a slender-plume-holder, with a narrow round-ended neck-guard of five-lames (restored), at the front with an obtusely-pointed pivoted peak (associated and fitted at the rear of its right arm with five blind rivets designed to prevent its metal from delaminating) fitted on its underside with a later triple-barred face-defence (the central bar lacking its retaining-rivet), and at each side with a large hinged cheek-piece of four lames (restored using old metal, the right with a small patch), the uppermost lame in each case cut at the top of its front edge with a shallow outward-flanged notch shaped around the wearer's eye and pierced at its centre with nine small auditory holes in rosette-formation; the second formed of a front and rear section, each of four lames, joined by a hinge at the left and closed by studs and holes at the right; the main edges of both elements, excepting those of the neck-guard of the helmet, formed with plain inward turns, and the subsidiary edges of the helmet bordered by pairs of incised lines (both elements moderately patinated overall) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Schloss Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 5 March 1927, lot 1064 JWHA Inv. No. 191 Exhibited Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1928-30 Literature Stephen V. Grancsay, Catalogue of Armor: The John Woodman Higgins Armory, Worcester, 1961, p. 106
**THE SKULL OF A NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER'S POT, POSSIBLY DUTCH, MID-17TH CENTURY; AND AN UNFINISHED VISOR, 19TH/20TH CENTURY IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE the first of hemispherical form constructed in two halves joined along the crest of a low medial comb, projecting backwards as a short flange to receive a neck-guard, and forwards as a broad obtusely-pointed peak pieced at the centre of the brow with a rectangular hole to accommodate a nasal-bar, the edge of the peak formed with a plain inward turn and the comb enclosed to either side by a pair of incised lines (each side of the skull fitted just above the outer ends of its peak with a later horizontal strip of iron, and the whole heavily corroded and holed); the second of bellows form, probably intended for a close-helmet, only partly worked to its final form and devoid of piercings (oxidised overall) (2) Provenance Probably Dr Bashford Dean, Riverdale, New York JWHA Inv. Nos. 3069, 247
A JAPANESE HELMET (KABUTO), EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY comprising skull of seventy-two rivetted plates, signed Saotome Iehisa on the inside at the back, fitted with mabezashi lacquered red on the underside and decorated with gold sanskrit characters on the outside flanked by silver cloud ornament, scalloped tehen, shikoro of three scalloped black-lacquered lames retained by blue laces (now detached), the uppermost with fukigaeshi applied with a gilt mon of six pellets in a dice formation, with a portion of its lining and chin chord (worn, the skull with surface rust) 15.5 cm; 6 1/8 in high
A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1560 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high, file-roped medial comb, and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common low-domed 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 shaped notch cut into the upper edge of the associated prow-shaped upper bevor, the latter pierced at its left side with nine small circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation, and at its right with three diagonal ventilation-slots, the upper and lower bevors each secured at the right side by spring catches with push-button-releases, and the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges 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, the helmet showing evidence at points of the delamination and cracking of its metal, and two small perforations at the crest of its comb) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in
A GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR TOURNEY USE, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high, file-roped medial comb, and visor and bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots (the left missing) formed in each case of a square-headed bolt secured externally by a domed nut cut with a pair of opposing notches, the skull fitted at the base of the comb with a simply-decorated plume-tube of brass retaining traces of gilding, and pierced to either side of the nape with a pair of holes to accommodate now-missing lacing-eyelets, the deep visor formed with a pair of stepped vision-slits and pierced beneath them at each side of the face with eighteen small circular ventilation-holes arranged in three rows, the bevor pierced over each ear with nine small auditory holes in rosette-formation and fitted just to the front of those of the right with a forked visor-prop, the visor secured to the bevor, and the bevor secured to the skull at the right side in each case by spring-catches with domed push-button releases, and the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges and pierced with three pairs of holes for the leathers that originally attached their gorget-plates (lightly patinated overall) 29.0 cm; 11½ in
A COMPOSITE GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low, file-roped medial comb, and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common pivots with flat-heads (replaced), the forward-sloping visor formed with a stepped pair of vision-slits and fitted at its right with a short lifting-peg that also serves as the pull-release for a spring-catch (restored) that secures the visor to the upper bevor, the latter, of gently concave prow-shaped form, pierced at each side with eight small keyhole-shaped ventilation-holes arranged in three columns, the visor nestling within the upper bevor at the front and overlapping it at the rear, the upper and lower bevors each secured at the right side by a spring catch with push-button-release (restored), and the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges and pierced with three pairs of holes, now plugged with blind rivets (one at the front missing; the helmet lightly pitted and patinated overall) 26.0 cm; 10¼ in
A COMPOSITE GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE, CIRCA 1550-60 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a low, boldly-roped medial comb, and visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it at each side by common, spirally-engraved pivots of brass (replaced), the forward-sloping visor (later notched at the centre of its upper edge) formed with a pair of prominently-stepped vision-slits and fitted at its right with a short lifting-peg (restored) terminating in a spirally-fluted domed head, the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at each side with six circular and three quatrefoil ventilation-holes, the upper and lower bevors respectively secured at the right side by a spring-catch with push-button-release and a pierced stud with accompanying swivel-hook (in part restored), and the skull and bevor each flanged outwards at their lower edges to receive a pair of gorget-plates (belonging to the same series as one another but not matching), the lower edge of the second in each case formed with a boldly roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border also found at the main edges of the visor and upper bevor, and the surface of the helmet showing traces of an originally black-from-the-hammer (now cleaned bright) 29.3 cm; 11½ in
A CLOSE HELMET FOR HEAVY FIELD USE IN THE GERMAN STYLE OF THE LATE 16TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, visor, upper bevor and lower bevor attached to it by common pivots with large domed heads of brass, the visor with stepped centrally-divided vision-slits fitted at its right with a short lifting-peg, the upper bevor with near-vertical profile pierced at each side with circular and cruciform ventilation-holes, the lower bevor fitted at the right cheek with a forked lifting-peg, the upper and lower bevors respectively fastened to the lower bevor and skull at their right sides by a spring-catch and a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and two articulated gorget- plates front and rear, the lowest lame at the front of rounded outline and the corresponding lame at the rear of squared outline, each formed at its main edge with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border (some patches of light rust) 32.0 cm; 12½ in
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of a moderately high file-roped medial comb, flanged outwards at the nape to receive a missing neck-guard, fitted at its forward-sloping brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak, at each side with a hinged cheek-piece flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pieced at its centre with six small auditory holes in rosette-formation, and further fitted just above the hinge of the left one with a later plume-holder (slightly crushed), the helmet formed at its main edges with file-roped inward turns and decorated in low relief at the centre of each cheek-piece with a cinquefoil and elsewhere with bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 25.5 cm; 10 in
A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with pointed one-piece skull boxed in four panels, rising to an acorn-finial, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak (its ends and the areas immediately behind them cracked and in one case patched), and fitted at the nape with a short rounded 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 small auditory holes in dice-formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders and decorated in low relief on the skull, peak and neck-guard with four radiating bands that along with the recessed borders are burnished bright against a formerly black-from-the-hammer ground (now heavily cleaned) 24.8 cm; 9¾ in
A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY with pointed one-piece skull boxed in four panels, rising to a prominent acorn-finial, projecting backwards and downwards at the nape to an obtusely-pointed integral neck-guard and fitted at its forward-sloping brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak 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 four small auditory holes in tri-radiate formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with notched inward turns and decorated in low relief with borders and, on the skull and peak, four radiating bands of which those in the sagital line of the skull terminate in fleurs-de-lis that fill the interspaces between the bands, all burnished bright against a formerly black-from-the hammer ground (now heavily cleaned) 25.7 cm; 6¼ in
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, flanged outwards at the nape to receive an obtusely pointed neck-guard of one lame, fitted at its forward-sloping brow with a broad obtusely-pointed pivoted peak and at its left side (originally both sides) 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 seven small auditory holes in rosette-formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with file-roped inward turns accompanied by narrow grooves and decorated in low relief at the centre of each cheek-piece with a circular panel and elsewhere with bands and borders burnished bright, along with each side of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint; the bright surfaces lightly patinated overall and the metal of the left end of the peak showing evidence of delamination) 30.0 cm; 11¾ in
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high roped medial comb, fitted within its front and rear edges respectively with a short obtusely-pointed peak and neck-guard, and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece of symmetrical form, flanged outwards at both its front and rear ends to serve respectively as continuations of the peak and neck-guard, and pierced at its centre with six small auditory holes in rosette-formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with file-roped inward turns accompanied by narrow grooves and, to the inside of them, raised borders burnished bright, like the sides of the comb, against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 28.5 cm; 10¾ in
A GERMAN BURGONET WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION IN THE 'BLACK AND WHITE' FASHION, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with pointed one-piece skull boxed in four panels, rising to an acorn-finial, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak and fitted at the nape with a short rounded one-piece neck-guard and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the left associated and not matching) 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 helmet formed at its main edges with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders and decorated in low relief on the skull, peak and neck-guard with four radiating bands that along with the recessed borders are burnished bright against a formerly black-from-the-hammer ground (now heavily cleaned) 27.0 cm; 10½ in
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with pointed one-piece skull boxed in four panels, rising to a slender acorn-finial, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak, and fitted at the nape with a short rounded 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 small auditory holes in dice-formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders and decorated in low relief on the skull, peak and neck-guard with four radiating bands that along with the recessed borders are burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 24.5 cm; 9¾ in
A GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' BURGONET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded skull formed in two pieces joined along the crest of a high file-roped medial comb, projecting forward to a broad obtusely-pointed integral peak struck with the arms of Württemberg, fitted at the nape with an obtusely-pointed neck-guard of one lame 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 pieced at its centre with five small auditory holes in dice-formation, the lower front corner of the right cheek-piece fitted with a later single-ended buckle, the helmet formed at its main edges with file-roped inward turns accompanied by narrow grooves and decorated in low relief at the centre of each cheek-piece with a circular panel and elsewhere with bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) See G. H. Bidermann, Burg Kornberg: Wohnsitz des Ritters Götz von Berl;ichingen, Schwäbisch Hall, 1980, p. 203, pls 199 & 207 for other pieces of armour, including a similar burgonet, bearing the Württemberg mark. 28.0 cm; 11 in
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 at the nape to a rounded integral neck-guard, and fitted around the brow and nape with small lining-rivets and brass rosette-washers (some of the latter missing), and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the right perhaps associated but from the same series) flanged outwards at its lower edge to serve as a continuation of the neck-guard and pieced at its centre with five small auditory holes in rosette-formation, the helmet formed at its main edges with notched inward turns and decorated in low relief with bands and borders burnished bright against a blackened ground (refreshed with paint) 31.0 cm; 12¼ in
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, struck at its point with an indistinct makers mark set within an oval, and the fir-cone quality-control mark of the city of Augsburg, fitted at the nape with an 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 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 its original black-from-the hammer finish (the metal delaminating in parts) 28.5 cm; 11¼ cm
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, PROBABLY AUGSBURG, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a short, high, slender medial comb, fitted at its front edge with an internally-riveted, flat obtusely-pointed peak, at its outward-flanged rear edge with a rounded 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 small auditory holes in dice-formation, the front edge of the right cheek-piece struck with the number 197, the skull fitted with an old and possibly original quilted canvas lining, and the front ends of the cheek-pieces with leather loops and ties, in part possibly original, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surface retaining its original black-from-the hammer finish 26.6 cm; 10½ in
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb (the metal of its right side showing some delamination), projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak (the point bruised and cracked), fitted at the nape with a rounded 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 small auditory holes in dice-formation, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns and its surface retaining its original black-from-the hammer finish 28.8 cm; 11¼ cm Compare with lots 478 and 475 below bearing the quality-control mark of the city of Augsburg
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb (the metal of its front end showing some delamination), projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, struck at its point with an indistinct makers mark, probably involving the letter'B', and the fir-cone quality-control mark of the city of Augsburg, fitted at the nape with an 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 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 its original black-from-the hammer finish 30.0 cm; 11¾ cm
A SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1600 with rounded one-piece skull rising to a high medial comb, projecting forward to an obtusely-pointed integral peak, fitted at the nape with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard and at each side with a hinged cheek-piece (the right associated but from the same series) 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 its original black-from-the hammer finish (refreshed with paint) 32.0 cm; 12½ cm Compare with lots 475 and 478 above bearing the quality-control mark of the city of Augsburg
**AN INDO-PERSIAN HELMET (KULAH-KHUD), LATE 19TH CENTURY with hemi-spherical skull fitted with a central spike, a pair of plume-holders, sliding nasal bar secured by a thumb-screw and mail neck-defence of butted links, the surface of the skull chiselled with mounted cavalrymen enriched with soft metal above panels of script, and retaining a portion of its lining 25.4 cm; 10 in high
GERMANY - Fascinating and valuable collection of World War 2 "Occupation" issues from around Europe incl Channel Islands 1940-41 Guernsey 2d bisects with 1924-26 and 1934-36 issues on cover/card, 1941-44 Arms incl ½d olive-green, 1d scarlet imperforate pair, Jersey 1943-44 ½d colour proof in maroon, German propaganda forgeries of GB in KGVI 'definitives', 1½d Stalin 'Coronation' stamp, British forgeries of Germany incl 6pf Himmler imperforate, die proof in black and perf, 12pf Hitler 'skull' sheetlet of 4, 1944 12pf Himmler chaining prisoner and Himmler/Goebbels Winterhilfeswerk pair, Italy 1941 25c green 'Dve Popoli, Vn Fvhrer', 1945 'Hela' U-Boat, 1943 Afrikakorps 'Palm Tree' stamp, with o.g., 1942 British forgery of fieldpost air stamp in a sheet of 20, Occupation issues for Poland, Luxembourg, Alsace, Kurland, Sudetenland 'Wir sind frei' overprinteds, Serbia 1943 Serbian Post 30d and 50d imperf colour trials, Allied Occ local issues incl Glachau, Muhlberg, Salgau and Strausberg, cond generally fine (Scores)
A Northern Greek 18th Century icon depicting the Crucifixion, with Mary Magdalene, the Mother of God, Saint John the Evangelist at Christ's feet, with the Roman soldier Longinus, with the crucifix piercing a skull oil on oak panel with gilded ground 27 x 22cm (11 x 9in) Provenance: The present icon belonged to the artist Glyn Philpot, RA, and was a gift to the vendor from Philpot's niece, Gabrielle Cross. Rubbing to the gilding. Small round circular paint loss along the top edge. Rubbing to the gilding around all four edges. Some loss of colour and discolouration. The back of the panel has been treated in some way. Modern frame which has been nailed into the panel on each side and therefore we haven't examined it out of the frame.
A 16th century style German close helmet, the rounded one-piece skull with three roped combs, the medial comb fitted at the nape with a tapering tubular plume-holder, the visor formed with a single sight divided centrally and pierced, closed by a hook-and-eye and fitted with neck-guard 35cm (14in)
A 16th century Spanish Morian or Cabasset, the one-piece almond shape with crown and shiled punch mark 20cm (8in) A Cabasset helmet was a type of open helmet used from the mid 16th century to early 17th century. The almond shaped skull was forged in one piece and tapered to a stalk. The lower edge was shaped into a narrow brim and turned out. Linen was attached by means of iron rivets. It was worn by infantry in pike and shot formations. The helmet was popular during the Civil War in England and known as a Pikeman's Pot.
Jean-Baptiste Clesinger (French 1814-1883) - Rien!!, bronze desk-weight in the form of an owl perched over a human skull upon naturalistic outcrop, mid/dark brown patina, to further rouge marble canted integral base, incised 'J. Clesinger' and further incised 'Maison Ramnyhag 1 Rue de la Paix PARIS', gross h.9.5cm Condition Report / Extra Information Bronze all good, good patination. Some handling wear. Marble plinth with four minor chips/frits to top.
1st-19th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a finger ring with enamelled skull design; two fragments of Roman bow brooch; a buckle with plaque; a Roman dolphin buckle loop; a heater-shield harness mount; a square weight; four lead weights; a fleur-de-lys stud; eight coins and fragments; a buckle frame fragment; three square plaques and a bulb. 101 grams total, 12-42mm (1/2 - 1 3/4"). Found Essex, UK.[26, No Reserve] Fair condition.
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL "Seated elderly bearded Cardinal in red skull cap and robes", watercolour, unsigned, together with "Portrait study of a girl", modern reproduction colour print CONDITION REPORTS Size of Cardinal picture approx 14 x 17cm, some light general wear and some small nicks and wear around edges of paper, but otherwise appears in reasonably good order. There is a pencil inscription to the back of the frame which reads "Jan 18th 1969....". Back has been removed for inspection, and there is a pencil inscription to the back of the picture - which appears as though it may read ".... green Walnut flat .."?? - please see photos. The framed print of a lady has some general wear and scuffs.
A SINO-TIBETAN GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF SIMHAVAKTRA China, 18th century dancing on a prostrate demon on a lotus throne, the lion headed goddess holding a karttrka aloft in her right hand, wearing a skull crown, her hair and mouth with red pigment 18cm high Provenance: Private collection, London, acquired in the 1980s. Simhavaktra, 'lion-headed' is one of the dakinis, female Buddhist deities which bring inspiration for mortals. She is a fierce protector for monks and carries the cakra symbol, the wheel of the Buddhist law, hanging from her necklace.
*The Sicily Military Cross Group awarded to Captain Stanley Charles ‘Bombs’ Panter, Parachute Regiment, who was later captured at Arnhem and recommended for a Bar to his M.C., Nine: Military Cross, dated 1943, privately-engraved (Capt. S.C. Panter Parachute Regt.), together with an unconfirmed and undated bar for second award; 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953, privately engraved (Major S.C. Panter Royal Fusiliers); Territorial Efficiency Decoration, reverse dated 1955; with Netherlands, Battle of Arnhem bronze honorary medal, 59.5mm, engraved (Capt. S.C. Panter Para. Regt.), this in Gerritsen van Kempen card box of issue; good very fine or better, offered with much original documentation, related items and memorabilia (see below) (lot). M.C.: London Gazette: 23 December 1943: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and initiative in action. On the 14th of July 1943. The officer was in company with a part of the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment which had been dropped on the Catania Plain in Sicily, to secure the high ground South of the River Simeto. On two occasions this officer led small parties to deal with enemy machine-gun positions that were menacing the Battalion’s flank, on each occasion he succeeded in capturing the machine guns and killing or capturing the crews. Later this officer single-handed captured an enemy howitzer together with ammunition, and himself organised a gun crew from the men of the battalion and directed the fire from this weapon on to the enemy. Throughout the action he displayed great courage under heavy fire and complete contempt for danger.’ Territorial Efficiency Decoration: London Gazette: 25 February 1955. The lot is offered with the following: Two ‘dog tags’ (octagonal and circular), both named SC PANTER 165617 LIEUT CE; gun-layer’s badges (2), in gold braid and khaki; anti-tank and crown (2) badges in khaki; a trident badge; riband bar representing MC (with bar) and Panter’s first three Stars; and two (unmatched) Captain’s dress ‘stripes’; A Medjez El Bab skull-and-crossbones pennant, 1942;Sequence of photographs of the first parachute drop (by Panter) made from an American Dakota using a British parachute; Original telegrams and letters, including telegram to Fusilier Panter dated 25 August 1939 “Join 9 RF.” and various correspondence advising Mrs Panter that her husband was missing, 25 Sept. 1944 and later; Nine original personal greetings telegrams, circa 1937-41;Ticket for Buckingham Palace Investiture, 18 April 1944; Two original PoW Camp identity documents, both with photographs (one illustrated); Panter’s 112-page ‘Wartime Log’ (approx.. 100 pages filled), prepared during his time as a Prisoner-of-War and including: his interesting detailed personal account of Operation “Market” [sic], capture at Arnhem, interrogation, escape during a bombardment and subsequent recapture; “S” Company, 2nd Parachute Regimental roll and Memorial; numerous watercolours, sketches and drawings by Panter and some others, including views of Arnhem and Oflag 79; and cuttings, poems, other contributions, tickets, prison camp stamps, personal records, etc.; Memorabilia from Arnhem Commemoration and Memorial, September 1947;A 10th Bn. (T.A.) Parachute Regt. ‘Visitors Falling Plate’ runner-up medal, 1960, 38mm; International Police Association membership card with photograph, 1961; Newspaper cuttings, two pencil portraits and two portrait photographs, and photocopied research; A German photograph, taken after Panter’s capture and subsequently published in Germany, of his kit and equipment (clearly showing his name, with related 1996 correspondence). STANLEY CHARLES “BOMBS” PANTER, born in Warwickshire on 5 September 1909, joined the 9th (2nd City of London) Royal Fusiliers as a private soldier just before the outbreak of War in August, 1939, having previously been an active member of the Territorial unit based in Balham High Road, Tooting, South London. He fought in France and Belgium, was evacuated and granted an emergency commission as 2nd Lieutenant on 28 December 1940. In late 1941 Panter volunteered for the 1st Parachute Brigade shortly after its formation, and by July 1942 he was commanding an experimental airborne platoon nicknamed “Panter’s Pirates” before a formal transfer to the Parachute Regiment is recorded as having taken place on 1 August. He served in Tunisia, including Medjez El Bab, and as part of Operation Torch led a successful operational jump with parachute mortars over Tunis in December, 1942 (when he seems to have gained the sobriquet ‘Bombs’ for the first time). He was in Italy from September 1943 to 1 May 1944 before dropping with the A Company in Sicily (Operation Husky), and was awarded an immediate M.C. for Catania Plain. Panter landed near Arnhem on the afternoon of Sunday 17 September 1944 as T/Capt., Officer Commanding Support Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion and was closely involved in the capture and defence of the Arnhem Road Bridge under Frost, based at “Company HQ” to the north of the bridge where they held out until capture by the Germans on Thursday 21st. As Panter was wounded he was sent to a makeshift hospital but succeeded in obtaining boots and a revolver, and walked out of the building during Allied shellfire on the night of the 21st. Unluckily he did not get far, walking straight into a German patrol beside the river, and he was recaptured. Like many Arnhem prisoners he was sent initially to Stalag XIIA at Limburg before transfer to Oflag 79 (Brunswick), via Oflag XIIB; Oflag 79 was as it happened the former home of a German parachute regiment and was to be liberated by the U.S. Ninth Army on 12 April 1945. After the war Panter served with the Territorial Army until 1959, receiving the Territorial Efficiency Decoration in 1955, and he also joined the City of London Special Constabulary. He evidently wore an unofficial bar to his M.C. for Arnhem but it should be reiterated that although he was recommended for this by his unit it was not confirmed at Divisional - or, perhaps, ‘suits’ - level. Stan Panter died 0n 20 April, 1968.
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