Production: Unknown
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.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 35.8 cm
Height: 26.5 cm
Weight: 1.14 kg
Width: 24.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1610
The bright areas of the helmet show a light to medium patination. The intervening blackened areas have been refreshed with black paint that has flaked away at some points.
Rosette Washers
composed of
brass (alloy)
Lining-band
composed of
leather
Decoration
Parts
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
Patinating
Forming
Accession number: HEN.M.31-1933
Primary reference Number: 18282
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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