Rare rochet de lance en couronne pour la... - Lot 44 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Rare rochet de lance en couronne pour la joute courtoise allemande dite Gestech, vers 1500. A rare German lance-head of coronel type, for the "Joust of Peace", Gestech, circa 1500. Formed with three robust prongs of diamond section, each canted outwards and tapering from a broad base to a blunt tip, and extending at the bases to form a tapering tubular socket of substantial diameter. H.: 20.7 cm. The diverging blunt prongs were designed to deliver the maximum impact in order to break or splinter the lance against the opponent's armoured torso or helm. Surviving jousting armours of this period invariably show the evidence of the extreme impact of Coronel heads. Four lance-heads of this type are preserved in the former Imperial collection in Vienna (inv. Nos. B 1, B 53, B 84 and B 85). Further examples are in The Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. No. VI. 1543), and in La Real Armeria, Madrid.