LOTE 500:
AN ENGLISH LOBSTER-TAILED HELMET, CA. 1650
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2 000
Precio estimado :
$2 500 - $3 000
Comisión de la casa de subasta: 25%
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AN ENGLISH LOBSTER-TAILED HELMET, CA. 1650
A classic example of a lobster-tailed helmet also known as the zischägge, with a rounded skull-piece, sliding bar nasal, cheekpieces and neck guard commonly used by the cavalrymen in Europe in the post-Renaissance period, being derived from the Ottoman Turkish chichak. This specimen is mid. 17th century.
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Condition: Very good, painted black