‡ A COMPOSITE CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1510-20, PROBABALY FLEMISH

‡ A COMPOSITE CLOSE HELMET, CIRCA 1510-20, PROBABALY FLEMISH with rounded one-piece skull formed with a low hollowed medial comb (pierced at its centre for a later funerary crest), associated 'sparrow’s beak' visor of pronounced form, pierced with a centrally-divided stepped vision-slit, and on each side of the beak with six ventilation-holes and three slots beneath them on each side (its upper edge cut to fit), associated bevor secured at the left by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, the lower edge of the bevor pierced for the attachment of a lining (bearing rich brown patina throughout), 28.0 cm high Provenance Probably Browsholme Hall, Forest of Boland, Lancashire Eric Valentine Arnhard, Graf Klenau, May 1982 Sold together with a letter from Claude Blair, dated 1st February 1983, stating that the helmet was from Eric Valentine and probably Browsholme Hall before.