4th Dec, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
  Lot 76
 

76

A RARE INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE HELMET (TOP), 17TH/18TH CENTURY

of small rivetted rings of near round section wire (small losses), fitted at the top with a later moulded finial, low domed base, two rows of overlapping scalloped plates beneath, a further row of rectangular plates, a pair of ear-defences each with scalloped edge and a central embossed D-shaped panel, long nasal bar with horn-shaped finial recurved at each terminal and with bud-shaped tip (probably associated), a triangular panel of downward lapping scalloped plates to cover the face, and short mail neck-defence, 48.5 cm high

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A14

Sold for £1,100


 

of small rivetted rings of near round section wire (small losses), fitted at the top with a later moulded finial, low domed base, two rows of overlapping scalloped plates beneath, a further row of rectangular plates, a pair of ear-defences each with scalloped edge and a central embossed D-shaped panel, long nasal bar with horn-shaped finial recurved at each terminal and with bud-shaped tip (probably associated), a triangular panel of downward lapping scalloped plates to cover the face, and short mail neck-defence, 48.5 cm high

Provenance

Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A14

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 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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