RARE MEDIEVAL IRON GREAT HELM WITH FULL REPORT

Ca. AD 1300 - 1400 A remarkable medieval iron great helm. Its barrel-like design was intended to completely cover and therefore protect a knight’s whole head in combat, and this shape was achieved by shaping and riveting together several large sheets of iron. On the face of the helmet, there are two rectangular slits for vision and multiples rows of holes, called breaths, for ventilation. Great helms were important elements of medieval knightly armour, and when a knight died his helmet was often included on his funerary monument. This lot includes a custom-made stand. For similar see: The Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Inv.Nr.W 1003.
Size: L:230mm / W:290mm ; 2kg
Provenance: Central London gallery; formerly with a European collector; formerly in a collection of Ing Peter Till formed in 1980s Vienna. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
This piece comes with an XRF laboratory report from the independent Belgian laboratory Hebolabo. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
This piece comes with an XRF laboratory report from the independent Belgian laboratory Hebolabo. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Estimate: GBP 25000 - 50000