26th Jun, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
174
‡ A VERY RARE KETTLE HAT OF NOTABLE WEIGHT, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 15TH CENTURY, WESTERN EUROPEAN
with domed one-piece skull rising to a low medial ridge, pierced around its base with four holes for attachment of a lining, broad down-turned brim (pitted throughout, extensive losses and patches, much of the skull and the majority of the brim reinforced with later riveted patch on the inside), 23.0 cm high
Provenance
Sir Edward Barry, Ockwell’s Manor, Bray, Berkshire (Mann cat. no. 73)
Sotheby’s, 7th July 1965, lot 95 (£40 to C. Wandby)
Peter Dale, sold 6th May 1971
Howard M. Curtis (no. 245)
Literature
Howard M. Curtis, ‘2500 Years of European Helmets 800 B.C. - 1700 A.D.’, North Hollywood, 1978, pp. 126-127
Sold for £5,000
with domed one-piece skull rising to a low medial ridge, pierced around its base with four holes for attachment of a lining, broad down-turned brim (pitted throughout, extensive losses and patches, much of the skull and the majority of the brim reinforced with later riveted patch on the inside), 23.0 cm high
Provenance
Sir Edward Barry, Ockwell’s Manor, Bray, Berkshire (Mann cat. no. 73)
Sotheby’s, 7th July 1965, lot 95 (£40 to C. Wandby)
Peter Dale, sold 6th May 1971
Howard M. Curtis (no. 245)
Literature
Howard M. Curtis, ‘2500 Years of European Helmets 800 B.C. - 1700 A.D.’, North Hollywood, 1978, pp. 126-127
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024
Viewing
Public Exhibition
Sunday 23rd June: 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Monday 24th June: 10:00am to 7.00pm
Tuesday 25th June: 10.00am to 5.00pm
AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am
