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Lot 239
A Flemish Close-HelmetThird Quarter Of The 16th Century
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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Third Quarter Of The 16th Century
Third Quarter Of The 16th Century
With one-piece skull (two minor holes) rising to a roped comb (old patched repair and minor hole), pointed visor with stepped horizontal sights with prominent roped lower edge, a later lifting bar fitting into a notch on the upper bevor, pivoted on later dome-headed rivets at the same points as the upper bevor, the latter prow-shaped (point slightly damaged) and with recessed turned and roped upper edge with double line engraving, lower bevor shaped to the chin (bottom edge with some repairs and damage), two hook-catches, and later neck-guard of two overlapping plates front and rear, the lower borders en suite with the upper bevor (wear and pitting overall)
44 cm. high
44 cm. high








