26th Mar, 2024 10:00

SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION

 
Lot 388
 

388

AN EMBOSSED CLOSE HELMET IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY MANNER

the two-piece skull with raised roped comb, chased and embossed with grimacing faces, the skull embossed and chased with knights on horseback in battle amidst a castellated mountainous landscape, the visor with elongated sights and drawn out to a point, decorated to match and with roped extremities, the upper bevor pierced with circular breaths to either side and similarly decorated to match, the lower bevor decorated with stands of arms and laurel wreaths, the neck guard embossed with a broad gully with scrolling foliage on a stippled ground and a further stand of arms to the front.

Sold for £4,000


 

the two-piece skull with raised roped comb, chased and embossed with grimacing faces, the skull embossed and chased with knights on horseback in battle amidst a castellated mountainous landscape, the visor with elongated sights and drawn out to a point, decorated to match and with roped extremities, the upper bevor pierced with circular breaths to either side and similarly decorated to match, the lower bevor decorated with stands of arms and laurel wreaths, the neck guard embossed with a broad gully with scrolling foliage on a stippled ground and a further stand of arms to the front.

Auction: SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 26th Mar, 2024

Virtual Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria auction. No bidding in person.

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Monday 18th of March to Monday 25th of March.

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