PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
ANCIENT ARMOR – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6
EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11am to 12pm
Phone during exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05
GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5 rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
with approval
lot no. 2002 389
CONTACT
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net
SPECIALIST
Marina Viallon
+33 (0)6 72 42 57 24
marina.viallon@yahoo.fr
Lot 41 (from the auction)
Cavalry armet of "Maximilian" type Nuremberg (Germany), c. 1520
H. 30 cm – W. 21 cm
175 CH
€45,000/€65,000
Provenance:
- Collection of Prince von Sułkowski (likely Alexandre Edmund)
Exhibition:
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (Germany), circa 1905-1915.
Publication:
- Guy Laking, A Record of European Armour and Arms through Seven Centuries, London, Bell and Sons, 1922, vol. IV p. 95, ill.
Comprising a crested visor adorned with flutes extending to the rear of the neck guard formed by three articulated plates, a chin strap, and a bellows-like nasal guard. The nasal guard is pierced with two wide slots for vision, and twelve other smaller slots at the top of each bellows for breathing. On the right side, a stem with a button allows gripping to open the nasal guard. The lower edges of the neck guard are hemmed and engraved with a corded motif, which also emphasizes the edge below the view. The visor is pierced with double holes for attaching laces of an internal padded lining.
In good condition, some minor accidents at the lower border.
Reference :
Étude Giquello, Drouot - salles 5-6, les 6 & 7 mars 2025