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A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1620-30 with two-piece skull joined along a low comb (plume-holder missing), fitted with pivoted peak, face-defence and bevor attached by common pivots, the flat U-shaped face-defence pierced with a pair of vision slits with roped lower edge, and two pairs of S-shaped apertures and a triangular aperture for ventilation, retained at the right by a hook and pierced stud, the bevor shaped to the chin and retained by a hook and pierced stud at the right, and neck-guard of a single lame front and rear, the main edges decorated with recessed borders and plain inward turns, and the subsidiary edges decorated with incised lines, and retaining some black from the hammer finish throughout 30.5cm; 12in high £3800-4200 | Nil |
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| 242 | A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1620-30 with two-piece skull joined along a low comb with narrow recessed border, fitted with pivoted peak and bevor attached by common pivots, the former fitted within its brow with a separate U-shaped face-defence, pierced with a pair of vision-slits and four diagonal ventilation slots on each side, the latter secured to the skull by a hook and pierced stud at the right, and with neck-guard of a single lame front and rear, with recessed borders and retaining some black from the hammer finish throughout 34cm; 13 1/2in high £3500-4500 | Nil |
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| 243 | A FINE SOUTH GERMAN BURGONET, CIRCA 1550-60, PERHAPS INNSBRUCK with one-piece skull rising to a tall roped comb decorated to either side of its base with roped ribs and accompanied by a slender recessed border, fitted at the nape with a later plume-holder, and a neck-guard of one lame, and at the front with a pointed integral peak, each decorated with a central ogee, the latter with a hook for securing a falling buffe, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces each embossed at its centre with an eight-pointed star and pierced with groups of holes in alternating groups of two and three, retained at the front by a leather strap with a filed iron buckle, the skull with a later padded lining, decorated at its main edges with finely-roped inward turns and accompanying recessed borders occupied in all cases by roped ribs and interrupted at the centre of the peak and the neck-guard with an ogee moulding 27.2cm; 10 3/4in high £6000-8000 | Nil |
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| 244 | A RARE BURGONET, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS with one-piece skull of boxed form rising at its apex to a prominent stalk, flanged outwards at its base to form a short neck-guard, and forward at the brow to form an integral pointed peak, fitted at the right of its skull with a later iron plume-holder, and at each side with a pair of hinged cheek-pieces, and decorated at its main edges with file-roping (areas of light pitting) 24.6cm; 9 3/4in high Provenance The Moser Collection A number of similar burgonets are preserved in the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum. See footnote to lot 236 £2500-3500 | 5% |
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| 245 | AN ITALIAN ETCHED MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, CIRCA 1590 with tall one-piece almond-shaped crown rising to a short 'stalk', slightly down-turned narrow brim with inward-turned roped edges, the base of the crown encircled by thirteen iron rivets on brass rosette washers (four washers incomplete, one rivet missing), fitted at the nape with an early shaped brass plume-holder, and etched throughout with classical warriors in strapwork cartouches separated by vertical bands filled with trophies-of-armour and celestial masks (the skull with small holes and pitting) 24cm; 9 1/2in high Provenance The Moser Collection £2000-3000 | 5% |
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| 246 | A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1620-30, PROBABLY DUTCH with two-piece skull joined along a low comb, visor, bevor and lower bevor all attached by common pivots, the visor pierced with a pair of vision-slits and prow-shaped upper bevor with a circular arrangement of shaped apertures for ventilation, the bevor and lower bevor originally secured at the right by a hook and pierced stud (now missing), associated neck-guard of two lames and a deep gorget-plate from a pikeman's collar, the main edges with plain inward turns and recessed lines, and in untouched patinated condition throughout (the neck lames with minor distortions, the front gorget-plate detached) 31.8cm; 12 1/2in high £3500-4500 | Nil |
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| 247 | A GERMAN COMB MORION, NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH CENTURY with rounded one-piece crown rising to a tall roped comb, integral brim turned down at each side, rising to a low point front and rear, decorated at its edges with roped inward turns and stamped with the Nuremberg city mark and two further marks (indistinct), and pierced at each side with a later pair of holes, the base of the skull encircled by sixteen iron rivets with brass rosette washers, and pierced at each side with a later pair of holes, and retaining much black-from-the-hammer finish throughout 27.3cm 10 3/4in high Provenance Auction Basel, 22nd April 1926 £2000-3000 | 5% |
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| 248 | A GERMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with two-piece crown joined along a tall roped comb, integral down-turned brim rising to a point front and rear and decorated at its edges with notched inward turns, the skull embossed at each side with a broad band invected at its centre and surmounted by a lozenge, all on a blackened ground, and the base encircled by eight iron lining rivets with brass rosette washers 24.8cm; 9 3/4in high £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 249 | AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY with low one-piece almond-shaped crown rising to a short 'stalk', slightly down-turned narrow brim with plain inward-turned edges, the inside of the skull with an early repair, probably at point of manufacture, the base of the crown encircled by fourteen iron rivets on brass rosette washers, and the surface retaining much black-from-the-hammer finish 17.8cm; 7in high £700-900 | 5% |
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| 250 | AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE 'SPANISH' FASHION, LATE 16TH CENTURY with one-piece almond-shaped skull rising to a vestigial stalk, slightly down-turned integral brim stamped with a mark, perhaps three mullets in a crowned shield (worn), turned roped edges, and the base of the skull encircled by thirteen (originally fourteen) iron lining rivets with copper washers, and retaining much of its original black-from-the-hammer finish 20.3cm; 8in high £200-300 | Nil |
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500 |
| 251 | A NORTH EUROPEAN ZISCHÄGGE, CIRCA 1630 with two-piece skull joined along a low comb with recessed border, flanged outwards at the front to form a pointed peak, fitted with sliding nasal-bar retained by a wing-headed screw, at the nape of the neck with a plume-holder, flaring neck-guard of five lames each formed with a low central cusp, with plain inward turns and the principal borders decorated with pairs of recessed lines (cheek-pieces missing) 26cm; 10 1/4in high £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 252 | A ZISCHÄGGE, PROBABLY GERMAN, MID-17TH CENTURY formed of a one-piece hemispherical skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a pierced finial on a circular washer, at its brow with a flat peak stamped with the letter 'L', sliding nasal bar retained by a wing-headed screw, flaring neck-guard of four lames, with plain inward turns, and blackened throughout (cheek-pieces missing) 24cm; 9 1/2in high £500-700 | Nil |
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| 253 | TWO RARE GERMAN ARM-DEFENCES OR 'SPLINTS', NUREMBERG, EARLY 16TH CENTURY almost forming a pair, each comprising a broad couter shaped to the point of the elbow, one stamped with Nuremberg control-mark, gutter-shaped fore-arm defence cut with a central slot, and four shorter plates for the hands (small areas of pitting and minor delamination) 42cm; 16 1/2in (2) Arm-defences such as these were typically provided as parts of infantry armour known as 'Almain rivets'. Similar defences are preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (inv.no. III.773), the West Gate Museum, Winchester, and Mendelsham Priory, Suffolk. See A. R. Dufty and W. Reid 1968 pl. CXXII, G. F. Laking 1920-2 vol. V, pp.240-1 and C. Blair 1958, pp. 118-19. £2000-3000 | Nil |
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| 254 | A RARE LATE GOTHIC CANTLE PLATE, EARLY 16TH CENTURY, ENGLISH OR FLEMISH formed of two plates strongly flanged inwards at its upper and lateral edges, overlapped and joined medially by a later radially-fluted rivet, and embossed over the full outer surface with diverging terraced fluting (areas of light pitting, one small internally patched repair) 14.5cm; 5 3/4in high A number of cantle plates of related form, in one case mounted on its original saddle, are preserved in the Royal Armouries at the Tower of London and Windsor Castle. It is likely that the present example, like them, is from the arsenal of Henry VIII. A related cantle plate is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. See S. W. Pyhrr D. J. Larocca and D. H. Breiding 2005, p.62., no. 30. £1800-2200 | Nil |
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| 255 | A FINE ITALIAN ETCHED CUIRASS, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY comprising medially-ridged breastplate formed at its outward flanged lower edge with a plain inward turn, and at its neck-opening and fixed gussets for the arms with boldly-roped inward turns, etched at the neck and arm-openings with three vertical bands converging towards the waist, filled with scrolling foliage and, in the centre, with a pair of addorsed marine monsters and trophies-of-arms, all framed by engrailing, the backplate formed and decorated en suite with the breastplate, fitted with a later shoulder-strap on the right (the left strap missing), and a leather belt 39cm; 15 3/8in high (2) Provenance The Moser Collection A breastplate with related decoration is preserved in the Museo Nazionale di Ravenna, see L. G. Boccia 1996, no. 5. Another is in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, inv. No. III. 99. See A. R. Dufty 1968, pl. CXVII. It would appear that this was adapted in the early 17th Century, at which time the arm openings were slightly enlarged, the gussets were fixed and a pair of studs for shoulder straps were added. £5000-7000 | 5% |
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| 256 | A SOUTH GERMAN CUIRASS FOR LIGHT FIELD USE, NUREMBERG, LATE 16TH CENTURY comprising breastplate formed of a medially-ridged main plate projecting forward over the belly, boxed at each side, decorated at the edges of the gussets of its arm-openings and at its neck-opening with finely roped inward turns, fitted on the right shoulder with an iron buckle, and flanged outwards at its V-shaped lower edges to receive a fauld of a single lame (probably originally three) medially-ridged and boxed en suite with the breast, and associated backplate formed of a boxed main plate shaped to the scapulae, fitted with separate side-plates and waist-flange, with roped borders at the neck and arm-openings, and the breastplate and backplate each struck at the top with Nuremberg city control-mark (areas of pitting, the borders with minor chips) 37.5cm; 14 3/4in high (2) Provenance The Moser Collection £3000-5000 | 5% |
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| 257 | A FINE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASS OF SHOT-PROOF WEIGHT, EARLY 17TH CENTURY comprising breastplate of late 'peascod' form flanged outwards at its base, fitted with a pair of robust hinges and threaded pegs, the former for attaching tassets, decorated with narrow bands of triple incised lines radiating outwards from the waist to the neck and arm-opening and bordering finely roped main edges, struck twice at the chest with the proof mark of a bullet, and pierced with a hole at each shoulder for the attachment of straps, and matching backplate fitted at the centre of its waist-flange with a single hinge bearing a threaded bolt for the attachment of a culet, and at each side with the remains of a waist-belt 35cm; 13 3/4in high (2) £2500-3500 | Nil |
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| 258 | EDWARD HENRY CORBOULD RI (1815-1905) The Marquis of Waterford at the Eglinton Tournament August 31 1839 watercolour, signed bottom left with an artist's pallet enclosing the initials RI and dated 1894, inscribed with the title on the bottom right and 'painted expressly for Reginald Henry Pott Esq by E.H.C.: his father in law - aged 82, 1897', in an early glazed gilt gesso frame 82cm; 32 1/4in x 59cm; 23 1/4in Exhibited The Victorian Era Exhibition, Earls Court, 1897, no. 209. The Eglinton Tournament was held at Eglinton Castle, Aryshire on 28th and 30th August 1839 and attracted around 100,000 people. It started with a procession accompanied by torrential rain which completely waterlogged the ground. The knights sheltered under a grand stand next to the lists which collapsed under the weight of water. However, the tournament continued with running at the quintain and tilting. The present picture records what was apparently the best tilt, that held between Lord Eglinton and Lord Waterford, after the second course when the former broke his lance. Much of the armour for Eglinton was supplied by the London art dealer Samuel Luke Pratt who worked at 47 New Bond Street. See K. Watts 1992, pp. 449-450. Edward Henry Corbould was appointed 'Instructor in Historical Painting' to the Royal Family in 1851. He taught a number of members of the family over the following twenty-one years and many of his best works were acquired by Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and other members of the family. He produced a large number of illustrations for historical, biblical, and literary subjects, including Chaucer, Spencer and Shakespeare. £2000-3000 | Nil |
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| 259 | A GROUP OF NINE VARIOUS PRICK SPURS, ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL in excavated condition, the first Roman, of iron, with tubular heel band formed with a pair of pierced oval terminals and short conical spike; the second Roman, of bronze, with slender heel band with flattened pierced terminals, and short spike; the third probably 11th Century, with heel band of near triangular section and short near conical spike; the fourth and fifth 12th Century, each with recurved heel band, pierced terminals and robust spike interrupted by a bulbous moulding, and one retaining its buckle; the sixth, seventh and eighth 13th/14th Century, with slender recurved heel bands, pierced terminals, and near pyramidal spikes, and one incorporating an additional loop at the neck, and an unusual spiked spur (9) £350-450 | Nil |
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320 |
| 260 | A PAIR OF STEEL ROWEL SPURS AND SEVEN FURTHER STEEL ROWEL SPURS, 14TH-17TH CENTURIES the first pair probably 17th Century, with slender heel bands, with pierced oval terminals for attaching straps, the neck drawn-up in a pronounced U-shape decorated with tin, and fitted with very small star-shaped rowel; the third with curved heel band with pierced terminals, long neck and fitted with a five-pointed rowel; another, with large heel band, short neck and star-shaped rowel of six points (incomplete); another (rowel missing); another, late 14th/early 15th Century, with curved heel band, pierced terminal retaining a portion of the original buckles and fitted with star-shaped rowel of six points; another, early 16th Century, with curved heel band, pierced terminals retaining a portion of its buckles, short moulded neck and star-shaped rowel of five points (incomplete); and two 17th Century spurs with curved heel bands with pierced terminals retaining their original buckles, moulded necks and each with star-shaped rowel of five points (9) £300-400 | Nil |
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280 |
| 261 | A PAIR OF BRASS SPURS, LATE 17TH CENTURY with curved heel bands of tapering triangular section, pierced figure-of-eight-shaped terminals, moulded necks and each with five-point star-shaped rowel (2) £250-350 | Nil |
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320 |
| 262 | FIVE PAIRS OF SPURS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES the first of polished steel with U-shaped heel bands fitted with screw-in spikes in the heel fixing (one missing), straight rectangular necks and flat moulded spike rowels; the second of brass with U-shaped heel bands, petal-shaped rowels, decorated throughout with olive foliage and the letter 'H' crowned at the terminals; the third, 18th Century, with U-shaped heel bands of writhen steel, short necks and star-shaped rowel; and two pairs of steel spurs (10) £200-300 | Nil |
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180 |
| 263 | FIVE VARIOUS EUROPEAN STIRRUPS, 12TH TO EARLY 16TH CENTURIES the first 11th/12th Century in excavated condition with slender arched sides rising to a rectangular loop; the second, probably 12th Century, with pierced oval tread, arched sides (loop incomplete); the third with oval tread incorporating a pair of additional bars, tapering fluted arched sides, and rectangular loop (incomplete); and a pair of stirrups in 12th/13th Century style, in excavated condition (5) £300-400 | Nil |
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300 |
| 264 | A PAIR OF TINNED IRON STIRRUPS, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN each with moulded tread formed of a series of shaped bars, the sides formed of a pair of plain bars rising to a scrolled terminal, decorated with scrolling ornament and each with its original cusped rectangular suspension loop, and with traces of original tinned finish throughout 21cm; 8 1/4in high (2) Provenance The Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg £400-600 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 265 | TWO HORSE BITS AND A GROUP OF THIRTEEN BUCKLES in excavated condition, the first probably Roman, 1st/2nd Century AD, the mouthpiece formed of two writhen bars and a pair of short side bars with knop-shaped terminals; the second with mouthpiece of two bars fitted with a series of discs, the side bars with strongly recurved terminals (the side bars bent); and thirteen various buckles in bronze, iron and brass, framed and glazed (3) £200-300 | Nil |
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320 |
| 266 | A GROUP OF FIVE HORSE BITS, 14TH-18TH CENTURIES the first 14th Century, the mouthpiece formed of two bars, a pair of side bars, decorated throughout with simple filed ornament and retaining traces of tinned finish; the second German, late 16th Century, with mouthpiece formed of two conical bars joined in the centre, the side bars with flattened terminals at the front, fitted shaped bracket and moulded at the top (one bracket incomplete); the third late 16th/early 17th Century, the mouthpiece formed of a single rounded bar hinged at the front and attached to the side bars by a chain on each side, fitted with a decorative pendant at the front and a series of ornamental rings, the side bars each with moulded terminals and one bar stamped with the letter 'B', possibly the maker's mark; the fourth German, late 16th/early 17th Century, with mouthpiece formed of a single rounded bar hinged at the front (side chains missing) and finely chiselled scrolling side bars; and the fifth with mouthpiece of a single bar, and a pair of scrolling side bars interrupted by a filed moulding in the centre (5) £500-700 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 267 | A GERMAN HORSE BIT, LATE 16TH CENTURY the mouthpiece formed of a figure-of-eight shaped bar attached to the side bars by a conical moulding on each side, the side bars each with moulded terminals at the top and pierced flattened terminals at the base, with robust curb chain at the bottom, and with traces of tinned finish throughout 29cm; 11 1/2in £500-700 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 268 | A PORTUGESE HORSE BRIDLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY of black leather applied with green silk thread, the head-piece and the blinkers each applied with a large silvered plaque chased with a coat-of-arms incorporating elements of the Portugese Royal arms beneath a coronet and enclosed by a wreath of laurel, the upper and lower bands each applied with an oval silvered boss chased with flowers and scrolls, fitted with a plume-holder at the top with tall feather plume (moth damage), with silvered buckles throughout: mounted on a finely modelled plastic horse's head on an oval oak mount £1800-2200 | Nil |
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| 269 | AN EAST EUROPEAN HORSE BRIDLE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY of red morocco embroidered with a scrolling pattern of bullion thread, the head-piece incorporating a large shaped white metal plaque overlaid with a gilt-brass panel pierced with scrollwork centring on a domed boss and with shaped pendants, the nose band with a matching smaller plaque, fitted with steel bit, a pair of reins, the lower straps terminating with a gilt-brass domed finial incorporating a celestial mask en suite with the head-piece, and with matching pierced and chased gilt-brass buckles throughout, head not included £1500-2000 | Nil |
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| 270 | A KETTLE HAT IN 15TH CENTURY STYLE formed in one piece, with domed skull rising to a low medial ridge, strongly flanged out at the base to form a broad neck-guard, projecting forward to a short point at the front and in aged condition throughout 29cm; 11 1/2in high £1000-1500 | Nil |
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3000 |
