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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1610; Classification(s): armour, comb morion, hammered, formed in two halves joined medially by a turn to the left along the crest of the comb, and by a riveted overlap to the left at the front and rear of the brim; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped and embossed decoration in a 'black and white' fashion; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.31-1933]
Description: Comb morion, for infantry use, with embossed decoration in the 'black and white' fashion. Formed in two halves joined medially by a turn to the left along the crest of the comb, and by a riveted overlap to the left at the front and rear of the brim. Its crown curves down at each side and rises to a high medial comb that extends from just above the brow to just above the nape; and an integral brim that is turned down at each side and curves up to an acute point at the front and the rear. The edge of the brim has a plain inward turn. The base of the crown is encircled by modern externally-flush lining-rivets with brass rosette washers, of which one is missing and several now lack their washers. The lining-rivet and washer at the left of the nape retain a small, modern plume-holder formed of a tapering tube with a single integral arm.
Each side of the crown is embossed in low relief with a large fleur-de-lis that, like the comb, is polished bright against a blackened ground in the 'black and white' fashion. | 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: | comb morion armour Unknown | Temporal: | name=early 17th Century; start=1610; end=1610 | 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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