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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1620; Classification(s): armour, close helmet, hammered, formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak with a separate face-defence, and a bevor with an integral neck-defence, attached to the skull by the same pivots as the peak; hammered, shaped, riveted, with recessed borders, decorated with paint on a blackened ground; Acquisition: bequeathed by Henderson, James Stewart, 1933-03-16, J.S. Henderson Bequest [HEN.M.74-1933]
Description: Close helmet, for use by a cuirassier, with later painted decoration. Formed of a skull with an integral neck-defence, a pivoted peak with a separate face-defence, and a bevor with an integral neck-defence, attached to the skull by the same pivots as the peak. The rounded skull is formed in two halves joined by a turn to the right along a low medial comb. The slightly downturned, medially-ridged peak projects forward to an acute central point which shows slight damage. Riveted within the brow of the peak is a medially-ridged, U-shaped face-defence which is cut with a pair of large eye-openings of inverted tear-drop shape, and a small lozenge-shaped ventilation-hole at the mouth. The face-defence is secured to the bevor at the right side of the chin by a swivel-hook and pierced stud. The main edges of the helmet have plain inward turns accompanied by recessed borders.
The helmet is painted overall with a continuous pattern of scrolling gold foliage on a blackened ground. The painting was applied to the helmet subsequent to manufacture, possibly for pageant use. | 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 close helmet | Temporal: | name=early 17th Century; start=1620; end=1620 | 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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