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A carved rock crystal study of a human skull (cracked), 17cm high

A copy metal skull only of a Third Reich paratrooper's helmet, with a detached metal and leather lining; and 3 modern miniature cavalry helmets, of the 3rd, 5th and 7th Dragoon Guards, with hair plume, height 10". Generally GC (4)

A WWII German Netzkopfhaube flying helmet, with brown net skull, earphones, throat microphones, cable and plug, the embroidered manufacturer's label with "hdc" code. GC (Please see lot 676 for image)

A Vic officer's lance cap of the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, black PL skull and top, black cloth sides to top, gilt ornamental band, peak binding, simulated cord rosette with button, beaded link chinchain and lion's head bosses, gilt and silver plated rayed plate with battle honours to Afghanistan, leather lining. Basically GC the metal parts generally sound (PL congealed, lining silk and chinchain backing missing) (Please see lot 847 for image)

A water buffalo skull mounted on a wooden shield shaped back board, early 20th Century, 98cm horn to horn.

A death's head brassica walking cane carved with skull pommel, 84.5cm long

An early 20th Century tinplate bi-plane, painted cream with a green nose and R.A.F. roundels, the fuselage also with 'Reggie' and a skull and crossbones to each side, the tail with '9-1918', generally fair-good condition (wings detached and lacking supporting struts; tail fin detached; tail minus one rear wing), 28.5cm long.

A 16th/17th century Northern Italian ivory rosary bead, carved with a double head image of Christ crowned with thorns and a skull (parts of the skull's jaw damaged), 3cm (1 1/8in) high

A Gazelle skull mounted on an oak shield (see lot 142 for illustration)

Accessories: two pairs of brown lace evening gloves, a similar black pair, a pair of black devore gloves, several pairs of kid gloves, a tasselled net shawl with silver decoration, three knitted flapper style skull caps, an Indian evening bag and sundry.

Third Reich SS cap badges, eagle and skull; WWI Iron Cross 1st class 1914 (worn) in later case; a crude unofficial Iron Cross; an Identity plate and chain; an oak leaf cluster; a repro gilt cross in associated case and a French officers waist belt clasp. GC . (7)

A scarce Third Reich paratrooper’s helmet,  grey skull with Luftwaffe eagle transfer, foam and leather lining, the latter with Berlin maker’s name etc, blue-black leather chinstrap. GC Plate 5 Sale 477 Lot 788

An old American Indian Blackfoot War Bonnet, mounted with 35 eagle feathers and 3 partridge feathers to front. The headband trimmed with fur terminating in 4 tails at rear. The brow of the deerskin skull has a band of small blue, white and red beads, circular discs of beads at sides with central small feather attached. GC for age, housed in a hard skin sheath with small fringe of leather strips attached to edge. Good Condition Plate 10

A high mass set of robes for mourning, the embroidery Italian early 17th century, worked in or nue technique with skull and cross bones, above the legend 'Beati.Mo Tui.Qui,' elaborate gold raised-work embroidered foliage in brick-stitch and others and re-applied onto later black velvet robes, comprising: chasuble, two dalmatics, burse and five assorted maniples/stolas, (9)

A rare Philippines (moro) mail shirt,19th century formed of numerous large brass plates joined by butted brass rings, opening at the front, secured by a pair of shaped brass catches, extending to the thigh, and covering the upper portion of the arms; a rare Philippines (Moro) brass helmet, early 19th century, formed in two halves joined at a raised pierced comb, with pointed peak front and rear, pierced around the base of the skull, fitted with plume-holder at the rear and a pair of ear-defences; a Philippines (Moro) armoured shirt, 19th century, formed of closely meshed rows of butted brass links carrying horn plates of characteristic form throughout, and closed at the front by a pair of brass catches on larger horn plates; and a rare Indonesian armoured shirt, 19th century, formed of woven rattan, applied over its entire surface with numerous rectangular bone plaques arranged in horizontal rows including large circular bosses at the front and another at the rear (4) Op.cit., pp.446-447, figs.318, 318a, and p.426, fig.301a.

A German light cavalry zischagge,circa 1620-30 in the East European fashion, with faceted hemispherical skull formed in one piece, embossed with low segmental ridges radiating from a button finial on an iron rosette washer, fitted with narrow ogival peak retaining its bracket and screw for a nasal-bar (missing), neck-guard of six articulated tapering lames each with boldly cusped subsidiary edge, the outer lame with strongly lobated edge, fitted with a pair of pendant cheek-pieces bouched behind the eye and pierced about a concentric domed boss (one detached), the borders with rows and bands of brass-capped rivets (a small quantity replaced), and the edges with plain turns 28cm; 11in high For a zischagge of similar form (attributed to the late 16th century)

A German black-and-white infantry burgonet,early 17th century formed in two pieces drawn-up to a cabled narrow comb, embossed with a large fleur-de-lys on both sides of the skull, drawn-out at the front to form a pointed up-turned peak and a short neck-guard at the rear, with a row of lining rivets on brass rosette washers, and indented turned edges (cheek-pieces missing); a North German Burgonet, late 16th century, with a two-piece skull and decorated with incised triple-line bands throughout (cheek-pieces missing, rust holes and rust patination); and a German mitten gauntlet, mid-16th century, in excavated condition (lames detached) the first: 26.6cm; 10.5 in high (4)

A kettle hat in German 15th Century style,late 19th/early 20th Century formed in one piece, with broad down-turned brim with an inwardly turned roped edge, bulbous skull rising to a low comb, and encircled with a row of lining rivets at the base 22.8cm; 9in high Similar helmets were made by the German armourer Ernst Schmidt of Munich in the late 19th and early 20th Century. See E.A.Mowbray 1967, pp. pp.72-73, no.137 and pp.114-115, no.463.

A finely constructed copy of a visored sallet in the so-called Italian 'export' style of circa 1460 with two-piece skull joined by a low a comb of rectangular section, drawn-out to a pointed tail at the rear, fitted with pivoting visor formed with a strongly cusped upper edge, pierced with a single vision slot, and secured by a stud on the right, with plain outward turns, and in 'aged' condition throughout; and a copy of a Flemish shaffron, early 16th century, formed of a main plate medially ridged below a central escutcheon and embossed with a series of flutes on each side, fitted with a pair of ear and ocular defences, a pair of additional side-plates fluted en suite with the main plate, shaped muzzle-plate, and in 'aged' condition throughout the first: 24.2cm; 9.5in high (2)

A German Harquebusier's Burgonet,circa 1570-75 with one-piece skull rising to a triangular comb, drawn-out to an up-turned pointed peak and to a narrow flange at the rear, the latter fitted with neck-guard of one lame, retaining one hinged cheek-piece, and the edges with plain turns (modern black painted finish). 28cm: 11in high The state of Styria ordered Harquebusier armours with helmets of this type from Nuremburg in 1570.

A rare German light burgonet for a Styrian Harquebusier (Schutzenhaube),circa 1577-79 with one-piece skull rising to a cabled comb, pivoted pointed peak struck with a mark, neck-guard of two narrow lames and a single broad lower lame all articulating on sliding rivets, the peak and lower neck lame each with turned cabled edge, and retaining some original blackened finish throughout (the armoured side-straps and one rivet missing) 30.5cm; 12in high The state of Styria ordered 4,532 burgonets of this particular type from Nuremberg between 1577 and 1579. To date, 275 burnished examples and 42 blackened examples remain on display in the Landeszeughaus in Graz; fourteen different maker's marks exist within the group. See Dr. F. Pichler, Leipzig, 1880, p.53, plate XVIII, fig.7 and Dr. P. Krenn, Graz, 1987, pp.32-33.

A German Harquebusier's Burgonet,circa 1570-75 with one-piece skull rising to a triangular comb, drawn-out to an up-turned pointed peak and to a narrow flange at the rear, the latter fitted with neck-guard of one lame, retaining one hinged cheek-piece, and the edges with plain turns (surface rust, previously blackened). 28cm; 11in high The state of Styria ordered Harqueusier armours with helmets of this type from Nuremberg in 1570

A German light Cavalry ZischŠgge,mid-17th Century with hemispherical skull formed in one piece and fitted with a very small pointed ring finial, narrow pointed peak, sliding nasal-bar, neck-guard of four lames with undulating subsidiary edges and moving on sliding rivets, and plain bevelled edges throughout (light rust, the cheek-pieces missing); and a rare German light Burgonet for a Styrian Harquebusier (Schutzenhaube), circa 1577-79, with one-piece skull rising to a comb, pivoted pointed peak struck with a mark, and one cheek-piece of three lames (the comb extensively holed, the neck-guard a crude modern replacement, the cheek-piece associated) the first: 22.8cm; 9in high (3)

A German Light Cavalry ZischŠgge,mid-17th Century with hemispherical skull formed in one piece, fitted with staple for a sliding nasal-bar (missing), pointed peak, neck-guard of four lames, one pendent cheek-piece pierced with a raised circular group of slots and circles (the other cheek-piece a modern copy), turned edges, some early blackened finish, and retaining most of the original leather and quilted fabric lining; and another, mid-17th century, the skull fitted with a brass disc finial, narrow peak, sliding nasal-bar (locking screw loose), neck-guard of five lames on sliding rivets (now attached by wire, one cheek-piece detached), brass-capped rivets, and flat edges throughout. the first: 22.8cm; 9in high (4)

A composite German fluted part-armour for the field,comprehensively circa 1505-1520 comprising close helmet with well-formed broad one-piece skull of Innsbruck type rising to a broad fluted low keel over the top, embossed with two sprays of flutes radiating left and right from the nape of the neck and studded with a row of brass-capped rivets around the base, fitted with later neck-guard of three articulations and later visor and bevor each pivoted at a common point and locked by spring-catches, collar of circa 1590, strongly formed, comprising three plates front and rear, and connected entirely by internal leathers and hinged on the left (the leathers now entirely deteriorated), breast-plate, circa 1505-10, of globose form embossed with three fan-shaped groups of widely spaced flutes radiating from the base to a point below the middle, formed with strongly pronounced plain angular turns at the neck and arm openings, with no provision for moveable gussets at the arms, pierced with a pair of holes for laces, fitted with hinged lance-rest, almost certainly the original, the latter decorated with inlaid strips of latten on the arm, a latten rosette over the pivot and further strips of latten around the base, articulated waist-plate incised to match the fluting at the breast and fauld (the former associated and expertly cut to fit), fauld of four lames moving on sliding rivets and carrying a pair of four-lame tassets fluted to match the fauld (one lame of the fauld missing),

A VERY RARE AND UNUSUAL 19TH CENTURY MALACCA AND CARVED IVORY SWORD CANE, the carved handle formed as a head, one half a young lady, the other a skull with an owl. Blade 10.5ins long.

Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623-1667) A vanitas still-life with a skull, a pistol, a lute with broken strings, a flute, shells, peaches, figs, bread and an urn on a partly draped ledge inscribed and dated 'VANITAS· VANITAS ET·OMNIA·/VANITAS·/1651' (mid centre on paper) oil on canvas 26 5/8 x 31 in. (67.6 x 78.7 cm) " We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution based on transparencies.

Follower of Bartholom?us Bruyn I Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a fur-trimmed black coat with white collar and cuffs, his left hand resting on a skull oil on panel 18 3/8 x 14 5/8 in. (46.7 x 37.1 cm.)

A late 16th/early 17th century Italian steel breastplate, of peascod form with gadrooned neck and foliate engraved decoration, 33cm high together with an late 16th/early 17th century Italian 'Spanish morion', with tall pointed skull and traces of etched arabesque decoration, 23cm high (2)

A limited edition skull embossed metal casket celebrating over twenty years of Iron Maiden, to include cd's, a unique crystal shot glass, pewter ring, & an individually numbered Iron Maiden family tree parchment scroll.

An 18th/19th Century Russian bronze and champleve enamel folding triptych, the centre cast with a half-length portrait of Our Lord flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John, the ground decorated in blue and white enamel, the front decorated with a view of Calvary and Adam's Skull, 5.5ins x 5.25ins

Franz Hoepfner, (Exh. 1886) A VANITAS PAINTING with skull, pipe, bottles and a statue of a naked female, oil on mahogany panel, signed and dated 1889 lower right, 19.5cm x 30cm, (7.7in x 11.8in), in a gilt frame under glass

A large pair of buffalo horns, a smaller pair, one other pair, and a small pair of horns with painted skull depicting a Native North American woman

An Ivory "Memento Mori" Carving of a Skull, Toads and Snake, Meiji period (1868-1912)], with hollowed-out centre, 10cm; and [A Japanese Bone Cased Sword], 71cm long (2)

A good Japanese walrus ivory okimono, c.1880, in the form of a skull clambered over by two skeletons and several toads. Two chips. 7.5cm

A Third Reich silvered Tank Badge of the Condor Legion, skull and crossbones over tank and within oak wreath, pin fastener, GC (slight wear to silver). (See lot 766 for illustration).

A German Police shako, fibre skull with PL fittings, aluminium plate and town arms, metal cockade, with leather chinstrap and lining, maker’s label. Near VGC

A German Berlin Police shako, fibre skull with plastic fillings, SP plate with city arms, metal cockade, with leather chinstrap and lining, maker’s label. Near VGC

A Third Reich Police shako, green felt covered skull, with brown fibre top and peaks, large WM eagle and swastika plate, metal cockade, with leather chinstrap and part only of lining, Berlin maker’s name. GC (one chinstrap boss detached, silver bullion cap lines and buttons added)

A cased meerschaum style pipe modelled as a skull, with snake protruding from eye socket, having amber/tortoiseshell coloured mouthpiece. (5.25in).

A buffalo skull, mounted on a stained beech shield. 30in (76.2cm) h 35.5in (90cm) w.

A Japanese stained ivory netsuke of a skeleton, 19th Century seated behind a large skull, signed Tadachika - 1?in. (3.8cm.) high; an ivory netsuke of an oni kneeling painting a mask of Okame, signed; and an ivory miniature libation cup. (3)

A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Magzor Gyalmo, 18th century cast seated on her mule, her right hand raised in tarjani mudra and holding a skull cup - 7in. (17.8cm.) high.

A Tibetan gilt-copper figure of a Bodhisattva, 17th/18th Century the seated figure wearing crown, long flowing dhoti and adornments inset with coral and turquoise, holding a Karttrka and skull cap in his hands - 8in. (20.3cm.) high.

An antique gold and silver guard chain with a diverse collection of charms, including three Georgian seals, one decorated in black enamel, the green chalcedony intaglio depicting a monkey smoking a cigar while riding a pig, a pair of silver cricket bats and wickets, a carved lava skull, a silver and enamel dice with integral spinner and a gold ewer, 25 charms in all, 53in overall length.

A signed Japanese ivory group, of a monkey and toad climbing on a skull, 2.5ins and a similar unsigned group, 3ins

FLEMING, Ian. GOLDFINGER. Jonathan Cape, London, 1959. First edition, first printing. 8vo. A clean bright copy in the first issue boards with the blind-blocked skull with gilt-blocked eye-sockets on the upper board. In a price-clipped dustwrapper with a slightly marked lower panel and a touch of shelf wear to the spine extremities.

n ivory netsuke in the form of a wolf with its paw on a human skull, 4cm high, (replacement skull)

marine ivory netsuke in the form of a skeleton and skull, signed Tomonobu back right of skull, 4cm high

A trooper's brass helmet of The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, with brass peak binding, ear to ear wreath, top mount, leather backed chinchain and ear rosettes, brass and white metal helmet plate with '4' in the centre, white hair plume with small rosette, leather liner, various issue stamps inside back rim including '4DG" and "1885" with original dated linen carrying bag Good Condition, (a few minor dents, mostly to back of skull, centre backing repainted)

A Victorian NCO's lance cap of The 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, black patent leather skull, peak and top, gilt lace middle band with blue centre stripe, scarlet cloth sides, gilt cord trim and rosette with blue tuft and button, leather backed brass chinchain and lion's head ear bosses, rayed plate with 5 battle honours to Sevastopol, scarlet hair plume in brass socket, gilt cord cap lines with acorns, leather and oilcloth liner, stamped inside "WD" and "1899". Good Condition (some crazing to patent leather).

20TH CENTURY SCHOOL, Portrait of an officer with one hand resting on a skull, the other pointing to a map, oil on canvas, 30" x 25".

Heavy Cavalry sabre, German made blade marked 'Solingen' and stamped on the forte with a skull. 33" fullered blade in steel scabbard, honeysuckle design to bowl guard

Unusual circular lacquer box with triangular white metal mounts of skull and cross bones, also two vesta cases

Early 19th Century French pressed bul treen snuff box, the detachable top with three images of a skull numbered and titled 'Cranologie du Docteur Gall', the reverse with a table explaining the numbers and sections, 8cm diameter. See Edward Pinto, 'Treen and other wooden bygones' figure 365 B

A Japanese silver plated, white metal netsuke in the form of a skull

A Low Countries lobster-tailed steel helmet, the skull with six flutes, the tail with four articulated neck lames, the peak formed as a separate piece with adjustable nose guard and pierced ear flaps to each side, mid 17th century

A water buffalo skull, mounted on a wooden shield bearing inscription BUFFALO SHEKAB 1919 the shield 60cm high (painted)

An assortment of taxidermied and other items, comprising: a pengolin; a baby crocodile; a kudu skull; an ostrich egg; and a turtle

AN IVORY AND EBONISED WALKING STICK LATE 19TH CENTURY The handle modelled with a skull on a tree trunk, with entwined serpents, with engraved collar below E. Brandt 1881/82 31.25in. (79.4cm.) long