A FINE ETCHED AND GILT MORION OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE PRINCE ELECTORS OF SAXONY circa 1580-91 Of one-piece construction with roped comb and brim, the base of the skull encircled by sixteen gilt-brass lion masks cast in low relief and capping the lining rivets, each with a ring in its mouth, the cheek- pieces mounted en suite , and fitted with gilt-brass plume-holder cast in high relief as a female herm, the surface decorated with gilt etching on a blackened ground, comprising narrow bands of arabesques encircling, on each side of the skull, figures from classical Roman history, respectively of Mucius Scaevola and of Marcus Curtius in Self-sacrifice and on each side of the comb, respectively the arms of Saxony and the crossed swords of the Arch-Marshalcy of the Holy Roman Empire, the brim struck with Nuremberg mark and maker's mark HF conjoined (the leather lining-band and the cheek-piece leathers possibly replaced). 11¼ i n (28.6cm)
A FINE ETCHED AND GILT MORION OF THE TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE PRINCE ELECTORS OF SAXONY circa 1580-91 Of one-piece construction with roped comb and brim, the base of the skull encircled by sixteen gilt-brass lion masks cast in low relief and capping the lining rivets, each with a ring in its mouth, the cheek- pieces mounted en suite , and fitted with gilt-brass plume-holder cast in high relief as a female herm, the surface decorated with gilt etching on a blackened ground, comprising narrow bands of arabesques encircling, on each side of the skull, figures from classical Roman history, respectively of Mucius Scaevola and of Marcus Curtius in Self-sacrifice and on each side of the comb, respectively the arms of Saxony and the crossed swords of the Arch-Marshalcy of the Holy Roman Empire, the brim struck with Nuremberg mark and maker's mark HF conjoined (the leather lining-band and the cheek-piece leathers possibly replaced). 11¼ i n (28.6cm)
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