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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1440; Classification(s): armour, kettle hat, hammered, of one-piece construction with a medially-ridged, hemispherical crown, and a deep, down-turned, integral brim projecting as a short point at the front; hammered, shaped, riveted; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.25-1933]
Description: Kettle hat. For field use, probably by the common soldier. Of one-piece construction with a medially-ridged, hemispherical crown, and a deep, down turned, integral brim projecting as a short point at the front. The edge of the brim has a plain, externally-flush, outward turn. The top of the brim is encircled by twelve holes for externally-flush lining-rivets of which four remain, lacking their internal heads. | 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 kettle hat | Temporal: | name=15th century; start=1440; end=1440 | 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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