211 |
A MILITARY SABRE, CIRCA 1770 with curved single-edged blade cut with a pair of fullers of differing length on each side, brass stirrup hilt comprising broad guard cut with a pair of slots, engraved on the inside 'Lt F Pierce N. York Reg Jan ye 7th 1775' (later), back-strap rising to a domed pommel, and banded wooden grip (chipped, hilt loose) 75.2cm; 29 5/8in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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180 |
| 212 | TWO 1885 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPERS SWORDS AND A 1908 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPERS SWORD the first two with regulation markings throughout, each in its scabbard, and one retaining some nickel-plating; the second dated 1915, in its steel scabbard (rusted) the first: 87.5cm; 34 1/2in blades (3) £300-400 | Nil |
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400 |
| 213 | A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD with regulation blade etched and gilt with foliage and the crowned Royal arms on one side and an allegorical figure, perhaps a personification of Ireland, on the other (light wear), regulation hilt including faceted back-strap, wire-bound leather-covered grip (light worm), in its original steel-mounted leather scabbard 80.8cm; 31 7/8in blade £500-700 | Nil |
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900 |
| 214 | A RARE DRAGOON OFFICER'S BACKSWORD, CIRCA 1780 with straight blade double-edged toward the point (shortened), cut with a broad fuller on each side, gilt-brass half-basket hilt (areas of wear), comprising down-curved flattened quillon, outer guard formed of a pierced arrangement of scrolling bars, knuckle-guard, small inner-guard en suite, fluted ovoid pommel, and original leather-covered grip bound with plaited iron and copper wire 70.8cm; 27 7/8in blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 215 | A RARE 1798 PATTERN HIGHLAND OFFICER'S BROADSWORD with flat tapering blade (shortened), brass regulation hilt involving narrow and square panels carried by rounded bars (small cracks, one panel missing), fluted pommel, and original spirally-carved wooden grip (fishskin covering missing, patinated throughout) 73.2cm; 28 7/8in blade See B. Robson 1996, p. 173 no. 161 £300-400 | Nil |
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800 |
| 216 | AN ENGLISH OFFICER'S SWORD BY WEBB, PICCADILLY, CIRCA 1830-50 with double-edged blade cut with a short fuller and etched with foliage and trophies on each side, gilt brass hilt cast in low relief and engraved with foliage and scrolls, comprising boatshell guard, a pair of straight swelling quillons, knuckle-guard, and gadrooned pommel, and retaining its original grip of twisted wire with a chased brass collar top and bottom, in its original leather scabbard with brass mounts decorated en suite and the locket inscribed with the maker's details 71.8cm; 28 1/4in blade Provenance E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich, 6th December 1929, lot 66 £400-600 | 5% |
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1200 |
| 217 | AN 1834-43 PATTERN 7TH OR PRINCESS ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS BRASS HELMET with brass skull fitted with a broad comb decorated with oak foliage, the fore-quarters of a lion at the front and sprays of foliage on each side of the skull, the front applied with brass helmet plate incorporating the full Hanoverian arms and the regimental title beneath, complete with its scalloped chin-scales and leather lining 33cm; 13in high £3000-5000 | Nil |
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3500 |
| 218 | A RARE WEST YORKSHIRE DRAGOONS YEOMANRY SHAKO, CIRCA 1819-30 with black leather and beaverskin skull (light wear), applied with silver bullion scrolls around the top, fitted with silver-plated rose-shaped helmet-plate on a circular panel of silver bullion scrolls, silver-plated chin-scales, silver plume-holder with black horsehair plume, complete with its red silk and bullion lines retained by a silvered ring held by silver-plated lion masks (restorations), patent leather peak, and red leather lining band 26cm; 10 1/4in high See W. Y. Carman 1970, pp. 79-80. £2500-3500 | Nil |
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2800 |
| 219 | A CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL YEOMANRY (ROUGH RIDERS) OFFICER'S LANCE CAP, CIRCA 1910 with leather skull and peak, the upper portion of pale blue baize with gold lace trimmings, silver-plated helmet plate with battle honour for South Africa, gilt-brass fittings including plume-holder, chin-scales suspended from lion mask bosses, cockade applied with the Royal cypher GR, and pale blue swan feather plume 22.5cm; 8 7/8in high £2000-3000 | Nil |
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3200 |
| 220 | AN OTHER RANKS 21ST (EMPRESS OF INDIA'S) LANCERS LANCE CAP, CIRCA 1901-10 with leather skull and peak, the upper portion of French grey cloth with yellow trimmings, brass fittings including helmet-plate with Victorian crown and battle honour for Khartoum, plume-holder, and chin-scales suspended from lion mask bosses, cockade applied with ERVII crowned, and white horsehair plume 22.8cm; 9in high £800-1000 | Nil |
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750 |
| 221 | A CASED ROYAL ARTILLERY BLUE CLOTH HELMET, LATE 19TH CENTURY with brass fittings including helmet plate and chin chain, in its japanned tin case with brass plaque engraved "W. W. Jelf, Royal Artillery" 26.5cm; 10 1/2in high £200-300 | Nil |
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450 |
| 222 | A WHITE CLOTH COVERED CORK HELMET BY HAWKES & CO. 14 PICCADILLY, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY with green lining, and retaining its khaki cover, together with a black feather plume, contained in a japanned tin case, and a black horsehair plume, a red and whitehorse hair plume and a japanned tin case applied with a brass plaque engraved 'Captain M. P. Lloyd, Carmarthen Rifles' the first: 24cm; 9 1/2in high (6) £250-350 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 223 | A CASED HUSSAR OFFICER'S BUSBY, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with brown fur body, red bag, silver bullion lines, silver-plated fittings comprising chin-scales suspended from lion mask bosses, plume-holder and red and white feather plume, and the busby and plume each in its original japanned tin case 18.5cm; 7 1/4in high (2) £800-1000 | Nil |
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750 |
| 224 | AN EDWARDIAN TRUMPET BANNER, CIRCA 1902-1910 the inner surface blank, the outer finely embroidered in gold, silver and polychrome thread with the crowned Royal Arms on red silk, all enclosed within a framework of rose, shamrock and thistle flowers and foliage, retaining its fringe of gold thread (faded, areas of wear) 54cm; 21 1/4in by 42cm; 16 1/2in £450-550 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 225 | AN EDWARDIAN TRUMPET BANNER, CIRCA 1902-1910 the inner surface blank, the outer finely embroidered in gold, silver and polychrome thread with the crowned Royal Arms on red silk, all enclosed within a framework of rose, shamrock and thistle flowers and foliage, retaining its fringe of gold thread (faded, areas of wear) 54cm; 21 1/4in by 42cm; 16 1/2in £450-550 | Nil |
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850 |
| 226 | A GROUP OF THREE REGIMENTAL HORSE BITS, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES the first two with U-shaped mouthpiece and a pair of curved side bars, one applied with a pair of brass bosses cast in relief with the crowned Royal Cypher VR enclosed by the garter, the other applied on each side with the regimental device of the King's Royal Rifle Corps beneath a post 1902 crown; the third of polished steel applied with a brass boss on each side with the regimental device of the Household Cavalry (3) £100-150 | Nil |
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320 |
| 227 | A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY CUIRASS BY DECHANGE A LIÈGE, 19TH CENTURY comprising breast-plate with medial ridge, outwardly flanged at the base, fitted with a pair of studs for securing shoulder straps and signed at the shoulders, and back-plate formed en suite (straps missing) 40cm; 15 3/4in high (2) £500-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 228 | A FRENCH OFFICER'S GORGET, CIRCA 1880 AND A BELGIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER'S GORGET, CIRCA 1850 the first of gilt copper, applied in the centre in silver with a pair of crossed swords impaling a wreath and retaining a portion of its suspensions cords; the second of silvered copper, signed 'Fonson a Brux' on the inside, the outer face applied with the Belgian rampant lion in silver, and with a chased silver lion mask on each side (2) £200-300 | 5% |
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|
| 229 | A GROUP OF FOUR SWISS GORGETS, CIRCA 1818-52 comprising a Zurich model 1818/37 Artillery Officer's gorget, of gilt silver, applied with a chased silver plaque in the centre and retaining its suspension cord; a Zurich model 1818/37 Infantry Officer's gorget, of silvered copper, applied with a chased gilt-brass plaque in the centre and retaining its suspension cord; a Swiss Infantry Officer's gorget, circa 1850, of silvered copper, applied with a chased gilt-brass plaque applied with a Swiss cross in the centre, and retaining its suspension cord; and a Swiss Officer's gorget, circa 1830, of silvered copper, and retaining its suspension cord (catches missing) (4) £1000-1500 | 5% |
|
800 |
| 230 | TWO IMPERIAL GERMAN PICKELHAUBES AND A PAIR OF EPAULLETES FOR NO. 9 INFANTRY REGIMENT the pickelhaubes with silvered and gilt-brass helmet-plates respectively, each retaining its cockades, lining and chin-strap; the epaulettes with silver bullion tassels, together with a leather pickelhaube case (4) £600-800 | Nil |
|
1400 |
| 231 | A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY BREASTPLATE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with low medial ridge, rounded waist-flange and short outward flanges at the neck and arm-openings, fitted with a pair of studs for attaching shoulder straps, and stamped with an arsenal number inside 39cm; 15 1/4in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle £200-300 | Nil |
|
200 |
| 232 | A SWISS INFANTRY JAGER OFFICER'S SHAKO, CIRCA 1830 with black leather skull, applied over the majority if its surface with fine black fur and a band of black velvet at the top, black leather peak with gilt-brass brim, fitted at the front with diamond-shaped gilt-brass helmet plate embossed with the letters 'A' above 'V.R.' silver bullion rosette above, original gilt brass chin-scales with a lion mask boss on each side, the interior retaining much of its tooled and gilt leather lining, and complete with two green and red pom-poms, and a further plain erstaz pom-pom 19.5cm; 7 5/8in high £800-1000 | 5% |
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2200 |
| 233 | A COMPOSITE GERMAN FLUTED FIELD ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED MAXIMILIAN FASHION, CIRCA 1515-1530 comprising close helmet formed of a rounded one-piece skull rising to a boldly cabled medial comb and cut away at the nape to receive a neck-guard (missing), bellows visor and bevor attached by later common pivots, the former pierced with a centrally-divided vision-slit and ten horizontal ventilation-slits, the latter formed with a pronounced chin, flanged outwards at the base to form a short front neck-guard, fitted at the right side with a spring-catch to engage the visor and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a hook and pierced stud, collar of four lames front and rear, the top lames boldly roped, the lowest front plate stamped on the outside with the quality control mark of the city of Nuremberg, and on the inside with the pearled N mark of the same city, globose breastplate struck at the neck with the former mark and pierced at the right of the chest with two later holes for a lance-rest, movable gussets at the arm-openings, waist-lame, and fauld of four lames (the lowest three restored), and tassets each of four lames, matching backplate formed of a main plate (one small hole), fitted with a pair of side plates and a waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a short culet of three lames, the main plate struck at its upper edge with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg, large assymetrical pauldrons (partly restored) each of seven lames overlapping outwards from the third, which bears an haute-piece, articulated vambraces (the right restored) formed of a tubular upper and lower cannons, the former fitted at its upper end with a turner and at the inside of the elbow with a narrow lame, and a couter of three lames, the central lame projecting inwards at the front as a large flat centrally-puckered oval wing, mitten gauntlets each formed of a short straight-ended cuff, four metacarpal-plates, two finger-plates and hinged thumb-defences terminating in a pair of scales (the entire right gauntlet and the finger lames of the left restored), cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate fitted at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of six lames (the right restored), a pair of tubular full-length greaves each cut with a slot at the heel to accommodate a spur and an arch at the front to accommodate a sabaton of eight lames attached to it by a turning-pin at each side (the right greave and sabaton with patched repairs), the armour decorated throughout with boldly fluted ornament emphasised by pairs of incised lines, and at its main edges with boldly roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders (areas of pitting and wear throughout): on a wooden stand applied with an early collection label PROVENANCE Alphons Meyer, Zürich 1930 The Renne Collection, Constance The same combination of marks is shown on two Nuremberg armours in the Royal Armouries Leeds, dating to 1510 and 1530 respectively. See A. R. Dufty and W. Reid 1968, pl. XVI and XVII. £40000-60000 | 5% |
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70000 |
| 234 | A COMPOSITE GERMAN FULL ARMOUR, CIRCA 1500/10 comprising close helmet formed of a rounded one-piece skull rising to a boldly cabled medial comb decorated with pairs of incised lines and cut away at the nape to receive a neck-guard of two lames (later), fitted with brow-reinforce en suite with the skull, visor of 'sparrow's beak' form, pierced with a single stepped vision-slit and a series of circular and slotted ventilation-apertures, fitted at the right with a later lifting-peg, later bevor shaped for the chin and secured to the skull at the right of the neck by a swivel-hook and pierced stud (the skull with an early patched repair), the reinforce, visor and bevor all attached by common pivots, collar of three lames front and rear (the lowest front lame trimmed, pitted, small cracks and chips) the top lames lightly roped, the remainder bordered by single incised lines, strongly formed globose breastplate with a bold inward turn at the neck, fitted with later lance-rest at the right of the chest, movable gussets at the arm-openings (the left restored) en suite with the neck (an early internal patch repair), associated waist-lame, and fauld of three lames with pendant tassets each of four lames (the upper three restored using old plates), backplate formed of a main plate drawn-in at the waist, fitted with waist-lame flanged outwards to receive a short culet of three lames each formed at its upper edge with three cusps, the lowest with a recessed border of low triangular section, a pair of spaudlers each of five lames (the top right restored, small repairs), articulated vambraces formed of tubular upper and lower cannons, the former fitted at its upper end with a turner, and a couter of three lames, the central lame projected inwards at the front as a wing decorated with recessed border, circular besagews (the left restored), each rising to a small central boss and decorated at its edge with roping and a recessed border, gauntlets each formed of a short straight-ended cuff with fixed inner plate, four metacarpal-plates, knuckle-plate (the left restored), shaped finger-plate, hinged thumb-defenses terminating in a pair of scales (the finger-defences restored), and later buff-leather lining gloves, cuisses each formed of a gutter-shaped main plate (the right with a riveted patch) decorated at its upper edge with a bold inward turn and incised lines, and fitted at its lower edge with a winged poleyn of five lames, the wing fluted, and a pair of tubular full-length greaves (both with trimmed edges, the front right plate patched) fitted at the front with a mail sabaton terminating with later steel caps (areas of pitting throughout): on a wooden stand £25000-35000 | Nil |
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28000 |
| 235 | AN ITALIAN ETCHED HALF ARMOUR, CIRCA 1560 comprising close helmet with one-piece skull rising to a low cabled comb etched on each side with scrolling foliage inhabited by reclining nude figures, fitted at the nape with a shield-shaped plume-holder, visor, bevor and lower bevor all attached by common pivots, the visor pierced with a pair of stepped vision-slits and roped en suite with the skull, fitted at the right side with a lifting-peg, etched at each side with a mounted classical warrior and at the edges with narrow guilloche borders, upper bevor etched en suite and with a vertical band including grotesques and putti, repeated on the bevor proper, the upper bevor and bevor each retained at the right side by a hook and pierced stud, neck-guard of two lames front and rear (restored, the lowest lame with later etching), restored collar of a single lame front and rear, the former embossed with a pair of volutes, breastplate of deep bellied, medially ridged form, later embossed at the neck with a pair of addorsed volutes and fitted at its lower edge with a deep waist-plate, flanged outwards to receive a fauld of a single lame, a pair of restored pendant tassets each of seven lames, restored backplate formed en suite, a pair of large pauldrons each of six lames, the third and largest embossed with a quatrefoil, early 17th century articulated vambraces formed of a tubular upper and lower cannon, the latter of slightly 'tulip-shaped' form, and a couter of five lames, the central lame of winged bracelet form and embossed en suite with the pauldrons, two gauntlets with short obtusely-pointed tubular cuffs, five metacarpal-plates, a transversely-roped knuckle-plate, a shaped finger-plate (the right restored) and hinged thumb-plates (restorations, one detached), the collar, cuirass, tassets, arm-defenses and gauntlets etched throughout with a later pattern of running acanthus foliage on a hatched ground: on a wooden stand £25000-35000 | Nil |
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25000 |
| 236 | A COMPOSITE GERMAN 'BLACK AND WHITE' THREE-QUARTER INFANTRY ARMOUR (KNECHTISCHE HARNASCH), CIRCA 1580 comprising burgonet with one-piece skull boxed in four panels, rising at its apex to a prominent stalk, fitted at the nape with a neck-guard of one lame, at the brow with a pivoted peak, and at each side with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces flanged outwards at the lower edge, 'almain' collar of four lames front and rear with integral spaudlers each of seven lames (minor restorations, some disarticulations), heavy medially-ridged breastplate projecting forward over the belly, fitted with moveable gussets at the arm-openings and flanged outwards at its lower edge to receive a fauld of three lames, the third cut with a shallow arch separating a pair of pendent tassets each of seven lames, extending to just above the knees, and backplate flanged outwards at its lower edge and decorated with plain turns, the main edges of the armour otherwise decorated throughout with file-roped inward turns, and its surfaces with bright recessed bands and borders against a blackened ground (partly refreshed with black paint), stand not included Provenance Alphons Meyer, Zürich 1930 A number of burgonets of this form are preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich. See E. A. Gessler 1928, pls. 23 and 24. The present example is a notably fine example of this type. £10000-12000 | 5% |
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12000 |
| 237 | AN INFANTRY HALF-ARMOUR, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR SWISS comprising burgonet with two-piece skull joined along a high medial comb, fitted at the front with a fixed pointed peak, at the rear with a short neck-guard of one lame, and at each side with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces each pierced with five circular ventilation-holes, 'almain' collar formed of two plates secured by a slotted hole and stud at the right, breastplate with medially-ridged main plate drawn-out to a vestigial peascod and flanged outwards at the base to receive an integral fauld, a pair of near rectangular tassets each of five lames, backplate formed in one piece and flanged outwards at the base, the main edges of the armour with plain inward turns, the subsidiary edges with pairs of incised lines, the inside of the skull of the helmet painted with an early Solothurn arsenal number, and the right cheek-piece and breastplate each stamped with further Solothurn arsenal numbers, stand not included Provenance Dr. Giesker, Zurich The Solothurn Zeughaus £7000-9000 | 5% |
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8000 |
| 238 | A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN HARQUEBUSIER'S ARMOUR, MID-17TH CENTURY comprising German Zischägge with hemispherical one-piece skull decorated with a pattern of six radiating ribs, its apex fitted with a pierced finial and circular washer, its brow with a flat peak struck at the front with the letter M and accommodating at its rear a sliding nasal-bar secured at the brow by a rectangular staple and locking-screw, its nape with a deep neck-guard of four lames and its sides with pendant cheek-pieces, each narrowing to its lower end and pierced at its centre with seven circular ventilation-holes, heavy one-piece English breastplate of duplex construction formed with a medial ridge, a V-shaped waist-line, a raised neck-opening and an outward-flanged lower edge, each side of the chest fitted with a stud for the attachment of a shoulder-strap, the left of the belly bearing the proof-mark of a bullet and the centre of the neck-opening struck with the crowned IR government ownership mark of the time of James II and the maker's mark EO, and one-piece backplate formed with a raised neck-opening and an outward-flanged lower edge, and fitted with later scaled shoulder-straps and waist-belt, the former struck internally with a maker's mark and the date 1994, the main edges of the armour decorated with plain inward turns (pitted and patinated throughout; the backplate with some later blueing; the nasal-bar and associated fittings of the Zischägge replaced, and the front suspension-leather of its right cheek-piece severed), stand not included The mark on the breastplate is that of the Warwickshire-born Edward Oxendon or Oxington who was apprenticed to the London armourer Edward Ansley for eight years commencing 1623. He became a freeman of the Armourers' Company in 1631. In 1648/9 it paid him for six days' work making arms. He is recorded as Court Assistant of the Company in 1658 and Master in 1667 (T. Richardson 2004, pp. 66-7). A further duplex breastplate by Oxendon is in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, Inv. No. II. 228. For a discussion of this type of breastplate, see A. de Reuck, et al 2005. £2000-3000 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 239 | A COMPOSITE NORTH EUROPEAN PART ARMOUR, CIRCA 1620 comprising collar of a single lame front and rear, fastened by a stud and keyhole slot at the right, decorated with radiating bands of incised lines and fitted at each side with a pair of contemporary spaudlers each of six lames (the first two associated), medially-ridged breastplate of late peascod form, engraved with a marine monster at the left hand side and flanged outwards at the base to receive a fauld of two lames (one associated), a pair of medially-ridged tassets each of five lames, matching backplate (one early internally patched repair), with plain inward turns, and some black-from-the-hammer finish throughout, stand not included Provenance E. Oser Collection, Basel, sold Dr.Störi Kunstsalon, Zurich, 6th December 1929, lot 213 £4000-6000 | 5% |
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5000 |
| 240 | A FINE AND RARE GERMAN ETCHED, BLUED AND GILT COMB MORION OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE PRINCE ELECTORS OF SAXONY, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580 with tall skull formed in one piece and rising to a roped comb, the base encircled with a row of fifteen gilt-brass lion masks over lining-rivets, each with a ring in its mouth (one ring missing, one boss an early replacement), narrow brim rising to a point at the front and rear, decorated at its edges with a roped inward turn (the right side showing two short cracks), struck with Nuremberg mark and a small serial mark at the front (the points each with a small hole, plume-holder missing), the skull decorated with etched and gilt bands of interlaced foliate scrollwork encircling the figure of Mutius Scaevola before Porsena on one side and Marcus Curtius leaping into the gulf on the other, the comb with further etched and gilt bands of running foliage and a central-cabled medallion framing, on the respective faces, the arms of the Dukes of Saxony and the Archmarshallship of the Holy Roman Empire, the brim decorated with etched and gilt bands of running scrolls, and retaining much original gilding and early blued finish throughout (the bluing largely oxidised) 30cm; 11 3/4in high Provenance The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden Rutherford Stuyvesant Important Austrian Art, sold Christie's London, 1993, lot number 113 Literature The Arms and Armour Collection of Rutherford Stuyevesant, 1914, cat. No. 26. This helmet belongs to a distinctive group which was first made for the Trabantenleibgarde of the Elector August I of Saxony (1553-86) and continued to be used, and possibly added to, in the time of his successors Christian I (1586-91) and Christian II (1601-11). Originally this would have matched the black doublets and yellow trunk hoses of the uniform of the guards. A large number of helmets from this group, which may have included the present example, were removed from the Electoral armoury in the 1830s and sent to the State Opera House in Dresden for theatrical use, many of which were seen there by Bashford Dean in 1912. See H. Nickel 1989, pp.117-21 and I. Eaves 2002, pp. 149-150. £15000-20000 | Nil |
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19000 |
