25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ A GERMAN ZISCHÄGGE, MID-17TH CENTURY
with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a transversely-pierced finial and circular washer, at the brow with a flat ogival peak pierced at the rear with a rectangular hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar and secured at the brow by a rectangular staple and locking-screw (the peak pierced for display purposes), fitted at the nape with a slightly flaring, obtusely-pointed neck-guard of four upward-overlapping lames (cheek-pieces missing), the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (areas of light pitting and patination), 24.5 cm high
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection
with hemispherical one-piece skull embossed with six radiating ribs, fitted at its apex with a transversely-pierced finial and circular washer, at the brow with a flat ogival peak pierced at the rear with a rectangular hole to accommodate a sliding nasal-bar and secured at the brow by a rectangular staple and locking-screw (the peak pierced for display purposes), fitted at the nape with a slightly flaring, obtusely-pointed neck-guard of four upward-overlapping lames (cheek-pieces missing), the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (areas of light pitting and patination), 24.5 cm high
Provenance
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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