LATE 16TH CENTURY
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An Italian Comb Morion
Late 16th Century
Made in one piece, with high roped comb and narrow downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft and with turned roped rim, the skull encircled by a row of domed iron lining-rivets (some missing) with rosette-shaped brass washers, the surface etched overall in the 'Pisan' manner with narrow bands and scrollwork framing trophies, classical heads and grotesques against a granular ground (slight holing and rust patination)
12½in. (19.8cm.) high
Late 16th Century
Made in one piece, with high roped comb and narrow downturned brim curving up to a point fore and aft and with turned roped rim, the skull encircled by a row of domed iron lining-rivets (some missing) with rosette-shaped brass washers, the surface etched overall in the 'Pisan' manner with narrow bands and scrollwork framing trophies, classical heads and grotesques against a granular ground (slight holing and rust patination)
12½in. (19.8cm.) high