Chapel de fer, dans le style suisse ou bourguignon... - Lot 33 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Chapel de fer, dans le style suisse ou bourguignon de la fin du XVe siècle, XIXe siècle. A Kettle Hat, in the Swiss or Burgundian style of the late 15th century, 19th century of heavy construction, appearing to be forged in one piece, with oval skull drawn-up to a pronounced keel, boxed around the base, flat vertical sides, a broad slightly down-turned oval brim, the latter studded with lining rivets, and with in-turned edge. H.: 21 cm - L.: 37.5 cm - W.: 33.7 cm - Wt.: 2870 g. War or Kettle Hats were included in several major private collections of the last decades of the 19th century, and were already described as being in the style of the 15th century when sold at auction. See the sale of the estate of Ernst Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz, at Dorotheum, Wien, November 20, 1919, lot 8. This example is very similar to the one in the Old Arsenal in Solothurn. See, VITAL Nicolo, Das Alte Zeughaus Solothurn, 1980, p.132.