Three Reproduction Pot Helmets

Three Reproduction Pot Helmets Comprising an harquebusier's pot helmet in English style of the second quarter of the 17th century, of rust patinated iron, with rounded two-piece skull with low turned comb flanked by incised lines, the back of the skull with pierced plume-holder above three downward-lapping neck lames and bluntly-pointed bottom plate with lines en suite, the latter with recessed border pierced with lining holes and with a row of dome-headed rivets, pivoted pointed fall and pierced cheek-pieces also en suite; a pot helmet, painted black and of similar form to the last; and another in continental style, with two-piece skull embossed with three converging ribs over each side, neck-guard of four upward-lapping lames, riveted peak pierced for an adjustable bar-nasal secured by a wing-headed screw, and ear-pieces each pierced with a circular arrangement of holes, the main edges turned and crumped, and with dome-headed lining rivets (rust patinated) (3) 27 cm., 30 cm. and 26 cm. high Footnotes: The first appears to be a copy of which original examples are in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. no II. 159), the York Castle Museum (Acc. No. T188), Warwick Castle, Hatfield House, and the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers, London For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing