A96_Antike_Waffen_und_Ruestungen

| 135 ridged band. Two eye slits with everted flanges. Either side with ten ventilation holes arranged in a triangular form. Encircled by double holes for the attachment of a lining. The reverse with a riveted ring at the lower edge. Height 39 cm, weight 3,808 g. The present helmet belongs to a group of four medieval pot helmets frequently termed “Boissonas group” today. Known since the 19th century, these helmets were comprehensively tested and analysed with a C-AMS dating method at the Institute for Particle Physics of the ETH in Zurich in the late 1990s. According to the test results the helmets date back to the 13th/14th century. Cf. Ritter, Axel: “Die Topfhelme aus der Waffensammlung Boissonas”, in “Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für historische Waffen- und Kostümkunde”, volume 42 (2000): issue no. 1, p. 35ff. The method used at the time is controversial among experts, however, and the authenticity of the helmets is still called into question. Provenance: Previously owned by the Genevan alderman Charles Boissonas who was an avid collector between 1865 and 1920. Then in various Swiss private collections. 306574 II - III € 2.000 1206 Ritterlicher Topfhelm (Kübelhelm) im Stil des frühen 14. Jhdts., deutsch, 19. Jhdt. Fünfteilig aus vernieteten Eisenplatten gefertigter Helm. Leicht gewölbte Scheitelplatte mit umgeschagenen Rändern. Der Helmkorpus aus vier Platten in zwei Registern gefertigt. Vorderseitig leicht gegratet, separate Sehschlitze. Beidseitig je T-förmige Atemöffnungen. Umlaufend doppelte Lochungen zum Einbinden des Helmfutters. Höhe 32 cm. Hochwertige Kopie des frühen Historismus. 305254 II - III € 2.500 1206

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