Production: Unknown (Probably)
'Venetian' sallet, for field use. Of deep, one-piece construction with a rounded, medially-ridged crown, a short 'tail' over neck, and a T-shaped face-opening reinforced around its margin with a flat strip attached by seven round-headed rivets. The lower edge of the helmet has a plain outward turn. The base of the crown is encircled by eighteen externally-flush lining rivets. Beneath them at either side are a further pair of externally flush rivets for the attachment of a pair of chin-straps. A pair of holes high up the front of the crown and a single hole at the rear of the crown may have served to secure a crest.
History note: Possibly Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
Possibly J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 26.3 cm
Height: 28.0 cm
Weight: 2.82 kg
Width: 20.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
15th Century
Circa
1450
CE
-
1460
CE
North Italian, probably Milanese
The helmet is in excavated condition, with severe corrosion overall, resulting in large perforations at the left of the neck, a small perforation at the right of the neck and the loss of the top of the crown which has been replaced by coloured plaster.
Crown
Parts
Hammered
: Of deep, one-piece construction with a rounded, medially-ridged crown, a short 'tail' over neck, and a T-shaped face-opening reinforced around its margin with a flat strip attached by seven round-headed rivets; hammered, shaped, riveted
Forming
Accession number: M.13-X
Primary reference Number: 18335
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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