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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1580; Classification(s): armour, comb morion, hammered, formed in one piece with a rounded crown that curves down at each side and rises to a fairly high roped, medial comb; and an integral brim that is turned down at each side and curves up to a point at the front and rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, with recessed borders, and incised and file-roped decoration on a blackened ground; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.34-1933]
Description: Comb morion, for infantry use, with a blackened finish. Formed in one piece with a rounded crown that curves down at each side and rises to a fairly high roped, medial comb; and an integral brim that is turned down at each side and curves up to a point at the front and rear. The edge of the brim has a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a narrow, recessed border. The comb is decorated with single incised lines at its crest, and pairs of incised lines at its base. The base of the skull was originally encircled by eighteen round-headed lining-rivets fitted with brass rosette rivets externally, and circular iron washers internally. Two of the rivets at the right side are missing, and many of the remainder lack their internal washers. The surviving washers retain fragments of a linen lining-band. One of the rivets at each side retains fragments of the leathers for the attachment of the missing cheek-pieces. A pair of rivet-holes pierced at the nape, just above the level of the lining-rivets, served to attach a missing plume-holder.
The helmet shows a small crack at the right side of its brim, and a larger one at the front end of the left side of its brim. | 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=late 16th Century; start=1580; end=1580 | 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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