1592960788000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-18288 1747246466399 1714400139000 1747245849270 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-18288 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18288 48b47330-199c-3025-a882-ad16f894f22d 6 reference term-106608 adlib-term-106608 85afe28f-82f6-3c45-843f-9fa087e98260 armour reference term-108941 adlib-term-108941 bda2218a-91c2-3b79-99c1-49e47cc3aff1 J.S. Henderson fragments reference term-39116 adlib-term-39116 5a5f7b54-0ded-3f04-bc45-378feb14ea8a linen (material) Lining-band fragments reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Leathers reference term-40335 adlib-term-40335 80b8ec5a-ae92-3ae0-8967-f2a28e1658d4 brass (alloy) Rosette Rivets Borders reference term-120081 adlib-term-120081 857eb822-7a08-3da4-989b-401727b75e7c recessing Decoration reference term-108951 adlib-term-108951 369bd814-855a-3e01-8945-c1efe707d1cc blackened ground reference term-120111 adlib-term-120111 6d833d92-6a99-38e0-8468-4b26f35b735e file-roping reference term-26908 adlib-term-26908 93db4eba-7855-3a51-a5b6-3c0d8390f722 incising Parts reference term-27414 adlib-term-27414 0f64a11c-42b0-3e78-b1cc-6e7f81d59006 riveting Applied Arts 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. HEN.M.34-1933 1 accession number HEN.M.34-1933 18288 priref 18288 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18288 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18288 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-154334 adlib-agent-154334 28c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434 Henderson, James Stewart 1933 1933 1933-03-16 bequeathed Entry date: 1933-03-16 1580 1580 circa 1580 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown According to tradition, these morions were supposed to have been acquired by W. H. Fenton from a storehouse in Spain, having been deposited there for use by the Spanish Armada in 1588, but never actually used. However, in a letter dated 23 December 1969, Claude Blair informed Ian Eaves that he had been told by Theodore Egli, late armourer to the Tower of London Armouries, and previously armourer to Samuel Fenton, that 'Fenton' (either W. H. or Samuel Fenton) had bought a whole lot of morions in Ireland between the World Wars. North Italian The helmet retains the greater part of its original blackened finish. It shows some minor pitting and wear. The morion forms part of a series of such helmets dispersed by Messrs Fenton & Sons of 11 New Oxford Street, London. Other examples of the series are now to be seen in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (A. R. Dufty & W. Reid, European Armour in the Tower of London, London, 1968, pl. CII (c).), the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery, and the collections of Ian Eaves, London, and William Reid, London. reference term-106402 adlib-term-106402 7466a5d6-293f-3bbc-9672-fa9dd41712be 16th Century, Late reference term-106629 adlib-term-106629 e1fb1a11-426b-3006-bf59-4126d48e87ca literal Italy Italy country Italy reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Depth cm 38.5 Height cm 27 Weight kg 1.3 Width cm 24.1 reference term-109052 adlib-term-109052 d3fb9252-67a2-32c6-aca9-1a6102ebd455 comb morion history note An undated, illustrated circular, formerly in the possession of Gerald I. Mungcam Esq. (photograph of it held by the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds), shows that this was one of a series of such morions offered for sale by Fenton & Sons, 11 New Oxford Street, London, for a price of £5. 5s. 0d. each. Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex. J.S. Henderson Bequest reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-1811 adlib-publication-1811 7cdb8cd2-00db-349a-8272-b3fa6227c61f European Armour in the Tower of London

reference term-109052 adlib-term-109052 d3fb9252-67a2-32c6-aca9-1a6102ebd455 comb morion

comb morion 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 reference term-28775 adlib-term-28775 bbe63841-d546-33c4-ab44-2958e6dce7b2 hammered reference term-25884 adlib-term-25884 86bb7058-7ded-3d65-8de1-80ad064ebbee forming object OBJECT