25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
79
‡ A GERMAN COMB MORION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
formed of two halves with a turned joint over the top of a narrow high comb and with additional riveted joints at both ends of the brim, the base of the skull encircled by thirteen lining rivets on copper alloy rosette washers, narrow brim up-turned to sharp points front and rear, and turned edge (the brim with an early internal reinforce at one end over the medial seam, one rosette missing, re-blacked) 28.0 cm high
Provenance
The Armoury of the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, removed from Schloss Langenburg (inv. no. H8/9022), sold in this room, 3rd December 2014, lot 223
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. H21
Sold for £850
formed of two halves with a turned joint over the top of a narrow high comb and with additional riveted joints at both ends of the brim, the base of the skull encircled by thirteen lining rivets on copper alloy rosette washers, narrow brim up-turned to sharp points front and rear, and turned edge (the brim with an early internal reinforce at one end over the medial seam, one rosette missing, re-blacked) 28.0 cm high
Provenance
The Armoury of the Princely House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, removed from Schloss Langenburg (inv. no. H8/9022), sold in this room, 3rd December 2014, lot 223
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. H21
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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