A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET

Lot 5
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1071220
Lot 5 | A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET
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£ 5 000 – 8 000
A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET

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.
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