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Lot 181:
Description
German or Flemish, well made, the two-piece skull with ridged comb, the visor and bevor sharing a common pivot as is typical, the visor with raising stud and broad ridge between the occularia, the bevor pierced with circular breaths at either side and retained by a hook, the bevor likewise attached to the skull by a hook. The gorget composed of a single lame with roped edges. C. 1550-1600. Surface cleaned, with old interior painted surface chipping. Minor areas of rust. 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 26.7 cm / 10.5 inches. Condition III
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