A COMPOSITE ITALIAN BURGONET
The skull circa 1560, the cheek-pieces and etching 19th Century
With strongly formed skull of one-piece construction drawn up to a prominent cabled comb, a pointed peak and to a pointed neck guard, embossed about the base of the comb and over the brow with a single cabled band left and right, turned roped edges, fitted with a later pair of cheek-pieces, and decorated throughout with later etched granular panels of scrolling foliage and with a large mantled coat-of-arms on both sides of the skull.
12¼in (31cm)
A COMPOSITE ITALIAN BURGONET
The skull circa 1560, the cheek-pieces and etching 19th Century
With strongly formed skull of one-piece construction drawn up to a prominent cabled comb, a pointed peak and to a pointed neck guard, embossed about the base of the comb and over the brow with a single cabled band left and right, turned roped edges, fitted with a later pair of cheek-pieces, and decorated throughout with later etched granular panels of scrolling foliage and with a large mantled coat-of-arms on both sides of the skull.
12¼in (31cm)