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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A very rare burgonet of the Order of Saint Stephen, primo quarto del XVII Sec.

Estimate

€ 1.000 - 1.500

Sold

€ 2.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Grand Duchy of Tuscany
height 28 cm.
Skull worked in two pieces, low twisted comb, riveted nose-guard; short sloping brim with not clearly legible mark and cross of the order of St. Stephen inside, with rimmed border and twisted, as well as the cheek-pieces and nape-guard blade. Two movable cheek-pieces with some rosette-shaped ventilation holes and others for the lining, two belt loops, a modern rivet at the corners with remains of leather. Two nape-guard plates. All elements decorated with double lines at the borders. Some of the inner rivets still featuring some remains of the lining. General small missing parts, one of the cheek-pieces with restoration. On both the skull hemispheres there are the letters "GP", showing that this helmet was also used for the famous "Gioco del Ponte" game.