4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
261
‡ A COMPOSITE CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1510-20, PROBABLY FLEMISH
with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low hollowed medial comb (pierced at its centre for a later funerary crest), associated 'sparrow’s beak' visor of pronounced form, pierced with a centrally-divided stepped vision-slit, and on each side of the beak with six ventilation-holes and three slots beneath them on each side (its upper edge cut to fit), associated bevor secured at the left by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, the lower edge of the bevor pierced for the attachment of a lining (bearing rich brown patina throughout), 28.0 cm high
Provenance
Probably Browsholme Hall, Forest of Boland, Lancashire
Eric Valentine
Arnhard, Graf Klenau, May 1982
Norman Fargo, Sandpoint, Idaho
Sold together with a letter from Claude Blair, dated 1st February 1983, stating that the helmet was from Eric Valentine and probably Browsholme Hall before.
Sold for £3,923
with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low hollowed medial comb (pierced at its centre for a later funerary crest), associated 'sparrow’s beak' visor of pronounced form, pierced with a centrally-divided stepped vision-slit, and on each side of the beak with six ventilation-holes and three slots beneath them on each side (its upper edge cut to fit), associated bevor secured at the left by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, the lower edge of the bevor pierced for the attachment of a lining (bearing rich brown patina throughout), 28.0 cm high
Provenance
Probably Browsholme Hall, Forest of Boland, Lancashire
Eric Valentine
Arnhard, Graf Klenau, May 1982
Norman Fargo, Sandpoint, Idaho
Sold together with a letter from Claude Blair, dated 1st February 1983, stating that the helmet was from Eric Valentine and probably Browsholme Hall before.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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