Indian helmets with brass appliques.

[Mansabdar]

Hello,
I think it's from the late 19th or 20th century ?

Best regards,

[Peter Andeweg]

Nice examples,

I believe them to be late 19th century, the large nasal guards are often seen on earlier helmets from the 16th and 17th century. The manner of decoration and mail aventail points me towards the late 19th century, North India.

[Mansabdar]

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your opinion.

You should not take too much into consideration the nasal guards, it is visibly later or even recent. It is certainly not original.
The mail aventail may be older or later. It is composite: it is connected to the helmet by butted rings. It's quite common.

1 - N° 1
At Chiswick Auctions 17 Mar 2015 Lot 338 was sold the same model as the first as "Ottoman style Middle East peakless Kulah Khud skull helmet, spear tip finial, shaped nose guard"

and another
By Rosebery's 28 octobre 2022 Lot 292 as "An Indo-Persian melon shaped steel helmet, possibly Sikh, India, mid-19th century, with twin frontal plume holders, noseguard with cusped medallions either end, with chain mail, 20cm. diam. " with a inconsistent reference.

2 - N°2
I couldn't find an exact example

3 - N° 3
An similar helmet was sold by Czerny's 14/12/2019 Lot 322

4 - we find some examples with stylized jamadhar (katar).
Lacy Scott 01/11/2021 Lot 225
Czerny's 24/03/2018 Lot 121

But I haven't found an example in books or museum catalogs.

Best regards,






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[Peter Andeweg]

The large nasal guards is ment as a general feature seen on older helmets, of course a later copy can also have a large or wide nasal guard, but it is just for reference.

I will check my books to see if I'm able to find a similar example.