25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
77
‡ A SOUTH GERMAN COMB MORION, CIRCA 1600-20
with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb (split at front), and integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point front and rear (the front cracked and pierced with small wiring-holes), the edge of the brim formed with a plain inward turn and the base of the crown encircled by ten round-headed lining-rivets with brass rosette-washer retaining the greater part of a leather lining-band, the surface of the helmet blackened overall, 26.5 cm high
Provenance
The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 1st - 5th March 1927, lot 139
The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection (inv. no. 146), sold in this room, 20th March 2013, lot 297
Robert Brooker Collection
Sold for £750
with rounded two-piece skull joined along the crest of a high medial comb (split at front), and integral brim turned down at each side and rising to an acute point front and rear (the front cracked and pierced with small wiring-holes), the edge of the brim formed with a plain inward turn and the base of the crown encircled by ten round-headed lining-rivets with brass rosette-washer retaining the greater part of a leather lining-band, the surface of the helmet blackened overall, 26.5 cm high
Provenance
The Armoury of Archduke Eugen, Fortress Hohenwerfen, Salzburg, Austria, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 1st - 5th March 1927, lot 139
The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection (inv. no. 146), sold in this room, 20th March 2013, lot 297
Robert Brooker Collection
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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