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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1550; Classification(s): armour, comb morion, hammered, formed in one piece with a fairly high, medial comb terminating some distance above the brow and the nape, and a narrow, slightly downturned brim; hammered, shaped, riveted; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.36-1933]
Description: Comb morion, for infantry use. Formed in one piece with a fairly high, medial comb terminating some distance above the brow and the nape, and a narrow, slightly downturned brim. The rear of the brim is dented and cracked. The base of the crown is encircled by ten modern, round-headed lining-rivets of brass. A further such rivet, probably for the attachment of a chin-strap, is located just in front of the central lining-rivet at each side. Six more such rivets, possibly occupying holes for the attachment of some form of applied brow-ornament, are arranged in two columns of three at the front of the brow between the lower end of the comb and the 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=mid-16th Century; start=1550; end=1550 | 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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