An important and fine etched morion Lot n° 322

dating: circa 1600 provenance: Germania del Sud, Iron skull worked in one piece with the brim. With a medium-high comb featuring a twisted edge at the top; sloping, pointed and ribbed brim with hemmed and twisted edge. The entire surface finely etched; on one side is a scene depicting the Biblical scene of the 'Sacrifice of Isaac' inside a round frame surrounded by birds and floral motifs on a granulated ground; on the other side is a knight on horseback decorated en suite. The comb with a depiction of a drummer and a standard bearer, both inside an ellipsis among birds. The base with a row of rivets provided with iron rosette (small missing parts). Flaking and remains of leather strings inside.