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**AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION
**AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with one-piece almond-shaped crown rising at its apex to a vestigial stalk, slightly down-turned narrow integral brim (cracked at the front left), the base of the crown encircled by fourteen small lining-rivets and rosette washers of brass and the brim formed with a plain inward turn accompanied by a narrow groove (extensively pitted and patinated throughout)
18.0 cm; 17 in
Sold for £480
**AN ITALIAN MORION IN THE SPANISH FASHION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
with one-piece almond-shaped crown rising at its apex to a vestigial stalk, slightly down-turned narrow integral brim (cracked at the front left), the base of the crown encircled by fourteen small lining-rivets and rosette washers of brass and the brim formed with a plain inward turn accompanied by a narrow groove (extensively pitted and patinated throughout)
18.0 cm; 17 in