A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET

Lot 6
29.11.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1071244
Lot 6 | 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

The skull with raised roped comb and pierced with one hole, the visor with rope edge border and divided sight, with two splits, the chin piece with split, losses to the rear lames, (old armourer's repairs including an area of brazing to the comb), 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; 13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide





Literature

A. Oswald, 'Ombersley Court, Worcestershire - I', Country Life, 2 January 1953, p. 37.
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