ID 1071244
Lot 6 | A LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY CLOSE HELMET
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 8 000
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.
| Auction house category: | Armour, Protective weapons |
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| Auction house category: | Armour, Protective weapons |
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