15929607880001312637261000Standard Recordobject-18335170197591376013555043710001701975718790fitz-onlineadlib-object-18335https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1833553872ed8-44cd-3792-abc0-66fa0b7aaf2f4referenceterm-106608adlib-term-10660885afe28f-82f6-3c45-843f-9fa087e98260armourCrownreferenceterm-108945adlib-term-10894578ba1316-8b78-3d79-8821-856f848986c7medially-ridgedPartsreferenceterm-27414adlib-term-274140f64a11c-42b0-3e78-b1cc-6e7f81d59006rivetingApplied Arts'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.M.13-X1accession numberM.13-X18335priref18335urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18335https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/18335referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPossibly J.S. Henderson Bequestreferenceagent-154334adlib-agent-15433428c0c8e2-3ec7-3d3a-9e13-b60fa3a6b434Henderson, James Stewart193319331933-03-16bequeathedThe helmet was previously identified as forming part of the Henderson Bequest (HEN.M.54-1933), but cannot be identified in the Henderson valuation list.14501450CE1450circa1450146011460CE14601460probablyproductionreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98UnknownNorth Italian, probably MilaneseThe 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at the left of the neck, a small perforation at the right of the neck and the loss of the top of the crown which has been replaced by coloured plaster.referenceterm-107270adlib-term-10727098ebf37f-42ba-3d8c-b75f-102d703acef115th Century#referenceterm-106511adlib-term-1065110677a51e-a816-3f2c-bd69-4dde898eab76literalItalyItalycountryMilanreferenceterm-40136adlib-term-4013628e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5steelDepthcm26.3Heightcm28.0Weightkg2.82Widthcm20.0referenceterm-109066adlib-term-109066217e2ef5-9d8e-3e20-a878-59acbe5805cc'Venetian' sallethistory notePossibly Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. The 'Iron Helmet' listed by H. A. Chapman, p. 13, is probably the present sallet.p. 13referencepublication-1815adlib-publication-18158f806287-4ffa-3de0-9cbb-d9b0c72a9019A Handbook to the Collection of Antiquities and Other Objects Exhibited in the Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. For general study of this type of sallet see p. 85p. 85referencepublication-1803adlib-publication-1803f01ead2b-f401-31df-8fb6-0f66b5ba3d25European ArmourCf. Sallets of this type are depicted in the sculptured reliefs of the Triumphal Arch of Alphonso of Aragon at the Castel Nuovo, Naples, c. 1455-8, fig. 345, see also for a general study of this type of sallet, pp. 3-20pp. 3-20referencepublication-1809adlib-publication-1809c679fcbc-7514-3602-bacd-e075bed039e7A Record of European Armour and Arms Through Seven Centuriesreferencepublication-1812adlib-publication-181229ec6739-72c7-305b-98d5-3487dd628028The Armoury of the Castle of ChurburgCf. Comparable sallets, with reinforced T-shaped face-openings, can be recorded in the armoury of the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, cat. no. 58, p. 9, figs. 1-4 & 7p. 9referencepublication-200000655adlib-publication-200000655951b758c-690a-3b40-86a1-0daee20a00b6Three Armours in the Scott Collectionreferencepublication-1749adlib-publication-174915677961-7e0c-3b15-896c-78a5119e6b1dWallace Collection Catalogues: European Arms and Armourreferencepublication-1811adlib-publication-18117cdb8cd2-00db-349a-8272-b3fa6227c61fEuropean Armour in the Tower of Londonreferencepublication-1814adlib-publication-18142f8486c9-ea49-37e0-84cc-9699dbe2c808Armi Antiche dal Museo Civico L. MarzoliCf. Comparable sallets, with reinforced T-shaped face-openings, can be recorded in the armoury of the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, pp. 267-8. pls. LVI-LVIIpp. 267-8referencepublication-200000656adlib-publication-20000065679847cd8-2f4f-3c91-8308-05dc714282a4A Barbuta at Glasgow: A Problem of IdentificationCf. Comparable sallets, with reinforced T-shaped face-openings, can be recorded in the armoury of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, p. 23, Cat. No. 1, Acc. No. 42.50.15, and are depicted in the sculptured reliefs in an intarsia panel from the wainscotting of the studio of Duke Federigo da Montefeltro at Gubbio, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, c. 1480-5, p. 23, fig. 9p. 23referencepublication-1813adlib-publication-1813cec58dc7-be51-3f7a-bb93-d3a63187799dThe Art of Chivalry: European Arms and Armour from the Metropolitan Museum of Artreferencepublication-200000657adlib-publication-20000065753b7ebeb-e9b5-33f2-9e14-49fe7b7e9888Ancient Italian Pieces in the Kienbusch Collectionreferenceterm-109066adlib-term-109066217e2ef5-9d8e-3e20-a878-59acbe5805cc'Venetian' sallet'Venetian' salletof 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, rivetedreferenceterm-28775adlib-term-28775bbe63841-d546-33c4-ab44-2958e6dce7b2hammeredreferenceterm-25884adlib-term-2588486bb7058-7ded-3d65-8de1-80ad064ebbeeformingobject
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