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CIRCA 1660
Details
A COMPOSITE ITALIAN HARQUEBUSIER'S POT HELMET
Circa 1660
With two-piece skull incised with simple linear bands over the seam and around the base, the two halves each drawn out to form a peak and neck flange, the former slotted for a single nasal bar (missing), fitted with broad neck guard of three articulated lames, and studded throughout with patterns of domed brass rivets (small cracks and holes, one edge broken out).
Circa 1660
With two-piece skull incised with simple linear bands over the seam and around the base, the two halves each drawn out to form a peak and neck flange, the former slotted for a single nasal bar (missing), fitted with broad neck guard of three articulated lames, and studded throughout with patterns of domed brass rivets (small cracks and holes, one edge broken out).
Provenance
T. G. Nevill Collection
Henry Griffith Keasbey, American Art Association, New York, November 27-28, 1925, lot 131
Henry Griffith Keasbey, American Art Association, New York, November 27-28, 1925, lot 131
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium