AUCTIONS IMPERIAL JUNE 2022 ARMS & ARMOR

A VICTORIAN HELMET BY ERNST SCHMIDT

This auction ended on June 4, 2022.

Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $300

Buyer's Premium: 24.9%

Sold for: $500

Description

A highly decorated example. Wrought of steel with separate visor and bevor, with rolled and roped borders. Covered with etched flowering vine motifs. Late 19th century. From the famous atelier of Ernst Schmidt, Munich, and pictured in Arms & Armor from the Atelier of Ernst Schmidt, Munich (1967: Providence. Mowbray) p. 33, plate 12. Height 30cm. Condition II