AUCTIONS IMPERIAL 2025 NOVEMBER
Lot 179:
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 pierced with circular breaths at either side and retained by a sprung catch. The gorget composed of lames with rolled edges and riveted borders, with sprung closing studs to either side. Retains its plume tube. C. 1550-1600. Minor wear. Surface cleaned, interior rusted, several rivets possibly restored to gorget. 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 44cm/ 17 3/8 inches. Condition III
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