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Lot 135

A German Black And White Comb Morion Probably For The Guard Of The Counts Khevenhüller Zu Aichelberg
Circa 1580

24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Black And White Comb Morion Probably For The Guard Of The Counts Khevenhüller Zu Aichelberg
Circa 1580

With two-piece skull and high roped comb, embossed in low relief on each side with a bright acorn on a partly bright arched band interrupted by a blackened recessed panel, the downturned brim pointed fore and aft (one point slightly incomplete) with turned notch roped edge, the base of the skull encircled by lining rivets, three retaining their rosette-shaped washer (some loss of blackened finish)
30 cm. high

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Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 19 July 2000, lot 208

A number of morions and burgonets are preserved in Hochosterwitz Castle, near Klogenfürt, Carinthia, the family home of the noble Austrian family Khevenhüller zu Aichelberg. See Stuart W. Pyhrr, European Helmets, 1450-1650, Treasures from the Reserve Collection, 2000, p. 32, no. 49

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