Lot 159
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AN ITALIAN MORION, in one piece, the rounded skull with roped comb, embossed on each side with a kite-shaped shield in low relief, and encircled at the base by a row of lining rivets, down-turned brim pointed fore and aft and with turned and roped border, circa 1550

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AN ITALIAN MORION, in one piece, the rounded skull with roped comb, embossed on each side with a kite-shaped shield in low relief, and encircled at the base by a row of lining rivets, down-turned brim pointed fore and aft and with turned and roped border, circa 1550
8½in. high

Lot Essay

Morions of this type are often found with the shields engraved with the arms of either Bologna or Lucca

See Laking, IV, p. 194

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