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A German Black And White Comb MorionCirca 1600
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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A German Black And White Comb Morion
Circa 1600
Circa 1600
With two-piece skull rising to a high roped comb, embossed on each side of the skull with a large fleur-de-lys in low relief, downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft, and with turned and crimped border, the base of the skull with lining rivets on embossed brass washers (three missing), the surfaces russet against the remains of a blackened ground
26 cm. high
26 cm. high
Footnotes
Of the type associated with the Munich Town Guard. The fleur-de-lys, is the symbol of the Virgin Mary to whom the Munich Town Guard were dedicated
Cf. a very similar morion sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 24 April 2013, lot 287








