CIRCA 1530-40

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A RARE GERMAN TRIPLE-COMBED BURGONET (JAGDHELM)
Circa 1530-40
With rounded skull of one piece drawn-up to form three cabled low combs of equal length, encircled by a very narrow brim pierced with pairs of stitch-holes for attaching a fabric cover and arched over the brow, with hinged ear-pieces, turned edges, the outer surface left rough (black) from the hammer, and retaining part of its original four-tongued fabric lining.
8in (20.3cm)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Light helmets of this type were intended to be entirely fabric covered with the exception of the combs which were, as in this example, finished bright.

For a comparable burgonet see Baron Dr. Otmar von Potier, Die Waffenkammer des Stiftes Kremsmünster, Zeitschrift für Historisches Waffenkunde, vierterband, Dresden, 1906-08, 8 heft, p.237, no.313.

Another example is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (HEN.m.79-1933). See Eaves, 2002.

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