Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00
Olympia Timed Spring 2024
146
AN HARQUEBUSIER'S POT IN ENGLISH MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY
with hemispherical skull formed in two pieces joined medially along a low comb, fitted at the brow with a broad, flat obtusely-pointed peak pierced at its centre with a rectangular hole to receive a sliding nasal-bar retained by a staple and locking-screw, at the nape with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard embossed to simulate four lames, and at each side with a pendent scutiform cheek-piece, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (in aged condition throughout), 26.0 cm high
Sold for £380
with hemispherical skull formed in two pieces joined medially along a low comb, fitted at the brow with a broad, flat obtusely-pointed peak pierced at its centre with a rectangular hole to receive a sliding nasal-bar retained by a staple and locking-screw, at the nape with an obtusely-pointed one-piece neck-guard embossed to simulate four lames, and at each side with a pendent scutiform cheek-piece, the main edges of the helmet formed with plain inward turns (in aged condition throughout), 26.0 cm high
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)
