This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/28/2023
Antique leather smoke helmet and hood. London: Siebe Gorman & Co., Ltd., [ca. 1880s]. Stiff leather coal miner’s helmet with mica and aluminum viewports at front, metal vent-hole at top, leather adjusting straps and protective hood, air hoses with metal fittings and connecting “Y” fitting, brass manufacturer’s brass plaque on forehead area. Worn, soiled, metal fixtures rusted, mica viewports cracking. Still, very good. A rare and unusual piece.