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A Close-Helmet Of So-Called 'Savoyard' TypeEarly 17th Century, Probably French Or Italian
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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Early 17th Century, Probably French Or Italian
Early 17th Century, Probably French Or Italian
Of steel, with two-piece skull joined along the turned low comb and bent-out to form a neck-defence with turned border, bevor shaped to the chin and with sprung locking-catch with trefoil-shaped button on the right, and with gorget en suite with the neck-defence, mask-like visor cut-out for vision, embossed with a triangular 'nose', and pierced with five circular breaths along the embossed line incised 'lips', and pivoted at the same point as the fall, the latter with deep arched flanges over the eyes (pitted and polished overall)
27 cm. high
27 cm. high








