Officer’s helmet belonging to the Count of Bourbon-Busset. This helmet...
Officer’s helmet belonging to the Count of Bourbon-Busset. This helmet sustained significant damage while in the possession of the collector who purchased it; it has several missing pieces, and the helmet shell is broken into numerous fragments; the gilded brass parts are in fairly good condition, as are the gilded and engraved brass chin straps and visor; the chenille, which is in very good condition, has been restored (it was originally missing).
Date: Early Restoration period, 1814/1815; sold as is.
PROVENANCE: Count de BOURBON BUSSET, assistant major on the staff of the King’s Household Gendarmes, auction in Vichy, March 10, 1990, lot 32; at that time, the helmet had a few missing pieces and the crown was not broken.
Officer’s helmet belonging to the Count of Bourbon-Busset. This helmet sustained significant damage while in the possession of the collector who purchased it; it has several missing pieces, and the helmet shell is broken into numerous fragments; the gilded brass parts are in fairly good condition, as are the gilded and engraved brass chin straps and visor; the chenille, which is in very good condition, has been restored (it was originally missing).
Date: Early Restoration period, 1814/1815; sold as is.
PROVENANCE: Count de BOURBON BUSSET, assistant major on the staff of the King’s Household Gendarmes, auction in Vichy, March 10, 1990, lot 32; at that time, the helmet had a few missing pieces and the crown was not broken.
