Grand heaume, substitut funéraire dans le... - Lot 25 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Grand heaume, substitut funéraire dans le style fin XIVe siècle, XVIIIe - XIXe siècle. A Great Helm, constructed in the manner of a funerary achievement, after the style of the late 14th century, 18th-19th century. Of heavily patinated russet iron, constructed from five overlapping plates joined by flattened domed iron rivets, the lower frontal plate extending fully over the neck area and over the upper part of the chest, with a residual medial ridge, pierced with an oval group of small circular breathes together with a cross styled after that of the Order the Teutonic Knights on the left-hand side, the upper frontal plate rounded in section and additionally joined to the lower plate by a single bar arched over the sight, the lower rear plate matching the depth of the lower front, and with a convex plate over the crown. H.: 47.5 cm - L.: 27.7 cm - W.: 24.2 cm - Wt.: 3320 g. Provenance: Galerie Fischer, Luzern, December 3, 1969, lot 208, p.14, pl.13 (CHF 2,200). Eugène Heer, Grandson (Switzerland).