A NORTH ITALIAN LION-MASK BURGONET FROM A PARADE ARMOUR

CIRCA 1560-80

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A NORTH ITALIAN LION-MASK BURGONET FROM A PARADE ARMOUR
CIRCA 1560-80
Of one piece, the front of the skull embossed and engraved to represent a lion-mask with embossed and incised mane rising to a comb behind, the peak and neck-defence each with turned roped border and retaining slight traces of original gilded finish, a shaped plume-holder riveted to the base of the comb
Approx. 11 in. (28 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Full 'Lion' parade armours are respectively retained in the collections of the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no. II.89) and the Musée de l'Armée, Paris (inv. no. G 50), the latter attributed to Francis I and made by the famed Milanese armourer Giovani Paolo Negroli.

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