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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1550 - 1560; Classification(s): armour, comb morion, hammered, formed in one piece with a rounded crown that rises to a high, roped medial comb that extends from just above the brow to just above the nape, and a narrow integral brim that is turned down at each side and projects to a point at the front and the rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped decoration on a blackened ground; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.35-1933]
Description: Comb morion, for infantry use, with a 'black from the hammer' finish. Formed in one piece with a rounded crown that rises to a high, roped medial comb that extends from just above the brow to just above the nape, and a narrow integral brim that is turned down at each side and projects to a point at the front and the rear. The point at the front is cracked, and the point at the rear is pierced with a later wiring-hole. The edge of the brim has a file-roped inward turn. The base of the crown is encircled by twelve round-headed lining-rivets fitted with large iron rosette washers externally, and octagonal internal washers internally. Two at the right side retain fragments of leather, possibly for the attachment of the missing cheek-pieces at that side. The right side of the crown shows a dent towards the front end of the base of the comb. | 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=mid-16th Century; start=1550; end=1560 | 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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