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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): 1630; Classification(s): armour, pot helmet, hammering, the pot is formed of two halves with a hemispherical crown joined by a turn along its low, medial comb that rises to an obtuse point at its apex, and furnished with a broad, slightly downturned, integral brim that is obtusely pointed front and rear; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.22A-1933]
Description: Pot helmet, for a pikeman, decorated with embossed and engraved bands and chevrons. The pot is formed in two halves with a hemispherical crown joined by a turn along its low, medial comb that rises to an obtuse point at its apex, and furnished with a broad, slightly downturned, integral brim that is obtusely pointed front and rear. A modern plume-holder of tapering tubular form with a single integral arm is riveted at the right of the nape of the crown. The front of the brim is pierced with a pair of large, modern wiring-holes.
The main edges have plain inward turns. The armour is decorated throughout with multiple bands and borders of 'terraced' form that project inwards at intervals as chevrons. The bands are emphasised by single and pairs of incised lines. The armour is decorated with borders and lines of brass-capped rivets, most of which serve as lining-rivets. Part of the pikeman's armour HEN.M.22A-E-1933. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | armour Unknown pot helmet | Temporal: | name=early 17th Century; start=1630; end=1630 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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