Cavalry armet from France, early 17th century. PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6th & 7th, 2025.

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PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
EARLY PERIOD – 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 the 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 no. 83 (from the sale)
Cavalry armet
France, early 17th century

H. 30 cm – W. 21 cm
340 CHE
55,000/70,000 €
Cavalry armet, with an ovoid fluted skull extended by a neck blade, surmounted by a pointed crest pierced with several holes for a crest, with the missing top decoration. Remnants of a brass plume holder at the back. Chinstrap originally held to the skull on the sides by hinged attachments, broken and replaced by a hook on one side. Fixed neckplate at the front. Two-piece mizar with a very pronounced point, with the visor perforated with breathing holes arranged in a circle on both sides. Attachment and trim rivets with brass-covered heads. Very beautiful acid-engraved decoration composed of bands alternating sequences of weapon trophies on a dotted background and vegetal scrolls on a hatched background. The iron surface was originally entirely gilded, and the trophy bands alternated a background painted in red with another painted in black, creating a very colorful ensemble, particularly fashionable on French armors of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Such a polychrome armor is, for example, preserved at the Army Museum in Paris (inv. 457 PO). Good condition, gilding and polychromy very worn, some accidents.

Reference : Étude Giquello, Drouot - salles 5-6, les 6 & 7 mars 2025

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