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Lot 208

A Harquebusier's Pot Helmet In English Style Of The Second Quarter Of The 17th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Harquebusier's Pot Helmet In English Style Of The Second Quarter Of The 17th Century

Of blackened experty rust patinated iron, with rounded two-piece skull with low turned comb flanked by incised lines, the back of the skull with three downward lapping neck lames and bluntly-pointed bottom plate incised with lines en suite, the latter with turned recessed border pierced with small lining holes and with a row of dome-headed rivets, large pivoted fall and hinged cheek-pieces also en suite, and pierced tubular plume-holder
26 cm. high

Footnotes

This appears to be a copy of which original examples are in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. II. 159), the York Castle Museum (Acc. No. T188), Warwick Castle, Hatfield House, and the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, London

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