CIRCA 1520
Details
A German Close-Helmet
Circa 1520
Of bright steel, of so-called 'Maximilian' type, with one-piece fluted skull with low roped comb, and neck-guard of four articulated plates, pierced with five pairs of holes, including one in the neck-guard, for lining points, bevor and bellows visor pivoted at the same points on either side, the former with a lifting-peg, the latter with a roped turn round the face-opening and flanged at the bottom to form a neck-guard, the lower edge at front and rear with recessed roped border, press-button sprung catches on the right fastening the bevor and the skull and the visor and the bevor, and domed iron lining-rivets throughout
11¼in. (28.6cm.) high
Circa 1520
Of bright steel, of so-called 'Maximilian' type, with one-piece fluted skull with low roped comb, and neck-guard of four articulated plates, pierced with five pairs of holes, including one in the neck-guard, for lining points, bevor and bellows visor pivoted at the same points on either side, the former with a lifting-peg, the latter with a roped turn round the face-opening and flanged at the bottom to form a neck-guard, the lower edge at front and rear with recessed roped border, press-button sprung catches on the right fastening the bevor and the skull and the visor and the bevor, and domed iron lining-rivets throughout
11¼in. (28.6cm.) high
Provenance
Anon. sale, Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 4 July 1973, Lot 41
According to the Fischer catalogue the helmet came from the Austrian Imperial collection and Schloß Grafenegg
According to the Fischer catalogue the helmet came from the Austrian Imperial collection and Schloß Grafenegg
Further details
See front cover illustration