ID 1071220
Lot 5 | A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
English or Flemish
With one piece skull and a raised comb pierced with two holes, the visor with divided sight and pierced circular breaths, the inner visor with split, losses to helm, the gorget with raised edge, (old armourer's repairs), fitted with a crimson and gilt wood griffin sergeant armorial crest for the Sandys family, from a funerary achievement
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high including crest; x 13 ½ in. (34.5cm.) wide
Literature
A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - I', Country Life, 2 January 1953, p. 37.
| Auction house category: | Armour, Protective weapons |
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| Auction house category: | Armour, Protective weapons |
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