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MID-17TH CENTURY
Details
A NORTH EUROPEAN LOBSTER-TAILED POT HELMET
MID-17TH CENTURY
With heavy two-piece skull, tail of three plates, and pivoting visor with three-bar face-guard, with ear-pieces (detached), approx. 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high including face-guard
MID-17TH CENTURY
With heavy two-piece skull, tail of three plates, and pivoting visor with three-bar face-guard, with ear-pieces (detached), approx. 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high including face-guard
Provenance
Property of a New York Private Collector, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 April 1957, lot 180.
Fenton Collection, London.
Fenton Collection, London.
Special notice
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