Auctions Imperial 2018 Arms & Armor November
Lot 253:
Description
Likely German, well made, with two-piece skull with roped comb, the visor and bevor sharing a common pivot as is typical, the visor with raising stud and characteristic prominent ridge between the occularia, the bevor with separate raising stud, pierced with vertical breaths at either side and retained by a sprung catch. The gorget composed of lames with roped edges and riveted borders, with sprung closing studs to either side. Retains its plumetube. C. 1550-1600. Surface cleaned, interior rusted. Helmets of this type are precisely depicted in UBERFALL AUF EINEN GELEITZUG (Attack on a Convoy, ) a 1618 painting by Sebastiaen Vranx, now in the Karlsruhe Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany. Height 33.4cm. Condition III
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