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LOT 0275
English Civil War Helmet
MID 17TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (1.54 kg, 26 cm).
Of Dutch lobster-tailed pot type, the neck-guard composed of four articulated sections; wide brim with a movable nasal-guard; tongue-shaped cheekpieces with ventilation rosettes and five bosses around the raised perimeter; the cheek-pieces re-attached.
Provenancewith Peter Bunting Antiques.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of Peter Bunting invoice.
Cf. Mauro, M., Armeria della Rocca, mostra di armi antiche, Ancona, 1989, no.31.
FootnotesThe capeline or taschetto (capeline in English, derived from the word that in French indicates the hat) was a particular type of helmet widespread in Western Europe in the 17th century. It was a variant of the szyszak helmet used by the cavalry forces of the Ottoman Empire and Muscovy, as well as by the winged hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the post-Renaissance era. The helmet was mainly used by armoured cavalrymen in various European armies of the 17th century, and it was one of the typical helmets of the Thirty Years' War.
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