LATE 15TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN 'ARCHER'S' SALLET
LATE 15TH CENTURY
IN EXCAVATED CONDITION, WITH ROUNDED ONE-PIECE SKULL RISING TO A CENTRAL RIDGE, SHORT PIVOTED TAIL, AND BANDEAU-LIKE RIVETED BROW-REINFORCE (ONE RIVET MISSING) RISING TO A LOW CENTRAL POINT, THE LAST TWO WITH INWARD TURNS ALONG THE LOWER EDGES (THE OUTER SURFACE CLEANED AND BLACKENED)
7½IN. (19CM.) HIGH
CF. A SIMILAR SALLET IN THE HOWARD M. CURTIS COLLECTION, SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, 31 OCTOBER 1984, LOT 293
LATE 15TH CENTURY
IN EXCAVATED CONDITION, WITH ROUNDED ONE-PIECE SKULL RISING TO A CENTRAL RIDGE, SHORT PIVOTED TAIL, AND BANDEAU-LIKE RIVETED BROW-REINFORCE (ONE RIVET MISSING) RISING TO A LOW CENTRAL POINT, THE LAST TWO WITH INWARD TURNS ALONG THE LOWER EDGES (THE OUTER SURFACE CLEANED AND BLACKENED)
7½IN. (19CM.) HIGH
CF. A SIMILAR SALLET IN THE HOWARD M. CURTIS COLLECTION, SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, 31 OCTOBER 1984, LOT 293