Topfhelm, Schweiz,13./14. oder 19. Jhdt. - photo 1

Topfhelm, Schweiz,13./14. oder 19. Jhdt.

Lot 1204
09.05.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 1204 | Topfhelm, Schweiz,13./14. oder 19. Jhdt.
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€ 2 000
Mehrteilig gearbeiteter Helm aus vernieteten Eisenplatten. Angesetzte Scheitelplatte mit umgeschlagenem Rand, die beiden Platten des Helmkorpus nach hinten überlappend vernietet. Zwei getrennte Sehschlitze mit aufgenieteter, kreuzförmiger Verstärkung. An der rechten Helmseite 19 geschlagene Atemlochungen sowie drei kreuzförmige Öffnungen zum Befestigen der Helmkette(?), davon eine ausgebrochen. Umlaufend Lochungen und Doppellochungen zum Einbinden des Helmfutters. Höhe 38,5 cm, Gewicht 6.400 g.
Der Helm gehört zu einer Gruppe von insgesamt vier mittelalterlichen Topfhelmen, die heute meist als "Boissonas-Gruppe" bezeichnet werden. Diese seit dem 19. Jhdt. bekannten Helme wurden Ende der 90er Jahre umfangreichen wissenschaftlichen Tests unterzogen und u.a. im Institut für Teilchenphysik der ETH in Zürich einer C-AMS-Messung zur Altersbestimmung unterzogen. Anhand der damaligen Messergebnisse wurde das Alter der Helme auf das 13./14. Jhdt. bestimmt. Siehe hierzu: Ritter, Axel: "Die Topfhelme aus der Waffensammlung Boissonas", in der "Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde", 42. Band, Jahrgang 2000, Heft 1, S. 35ff. Die damals verwendete Methodik ist in Fachkreisen aber umstritten und die Authentizität der Helme wird teils weiterhin angezweifelt.
Provenienz: Ehemals Sammlung des Genfer Ratsherren Charles Boissonas, der um 1865-1920 als Sammler aktiv war. Danach in wechselndem Schweizer Privatbesitz.
A Swiss knightly pot helmet, 13th/14th or 19th century
Composed of several riveted iron plates. Applied top with the lower edge turned over, both plates that form the skull overlapping and joined by rivets at back. Two separate vision slits reinforced by riveted cruciform plates. The right side of the helmet with 19 ventilation holes and three cruciform holes for the attachment of an aventail (?), one of them torn. Encircled by holes and double holes for the lining. Height 38.5 cm, weight 6,400 g.
The present helmet belongs to a group of four medieval pot helmets frequently termed "Boissonas group" today. Known since the 19th century, these helmets were comprehensively tested and analysed with a C-AMS dating method at the Institute for Particle Physics of the ETH in Zurich in the late 1990s. According to the test results the helmets date back to the 13th/14th century. Cf. Ritter, Axel: "Die Topfhelme aus der Waffensammlung Boissonas", in "Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde", volume 42 (2000): issue no. 1, p. 35ff. The method used at the time is controversial among experts, however, and the authenticity of the helmets is still called into question.
Provenance: Previously owned by the Genevan alderman Charles Boissonas who was an avid collector between 1865 and 1920. Then in various Swiss private collections.
Condition: II - III
Auction house category:Protective weapons
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