7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**AN 'ARCHER'S' SKULL-CAP IN THE EUROPEAN STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY
**AN 'ARCHER'S' SKULL-CAP IN THE EUROPEAN STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY
of one-piece construction and near-hemispherical form, rising to a medial ridge and pierced around its edge with close-set stitch-holes for the attachment of a lining (heavily pitted and patinated overall, dented at its apex and pierced with rust perforations at the centre and left of the brow)
12.5 cm; 5 in high
Provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York, 20 April 1928
JWHA Inv. No. 256
No Reserve
Sold for £140
**AN 'ARCHER'S' SKULL-CAP IN THE EUROPEAN STYLE OF THE LATE 15TH CENTURY, 19TH CENTURY
of one-piece construction and near-hemispherical form, rising to a medial ridge and pierced around its edge with close-set stitch-holes for the attachment of a lining (heavily pitted and patinated overall, dented at its apex and pierced with rust perforations at the centre and left of the brow)
12.5 cm; 5 in high
Provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York, 20 April 1928
JWHA Inv. No. 256
