Close helmet, for heavy cavalry use, composed of elements of a similar period and fashion, with later etched decoration. Formed of a one-piece skull with a peak and a bevor attached to it by common pivots, and a single gorget-plate front and rear. The rounded skull rises to a low medial comb, decorated at its crest with roping. The lower edge of the skull has been cut away at the brow. A modern plume-holder is riveted at the nape of the skull. The flat narrow peak projects forward to a central point. Its upper edge extends a considerable way up the brow. The bevor which is weakly shaped to the chin, is cut with a broad, U-shaped face-opening. The gorget-plates have convex lower edges. The main edges of the helmet have file-roped inward turns.
The helmet is decorated with etched bands of trophies on a stippled and blackened ground. The main bands are bordered to either side by narrow bands of guilloche, which are repeated at the main and secondary edges of the helmet.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 33 cm
Height: 34 cm
Weight: 2.09 kg
Width: 25.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
17th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1600
All parts of the helmet are associated with one another. The gorget-plates are probably modern restorations made from old metal. The etched decoration of the helmet is modern throughout.
The helmet is bright with a mottled medium patination throughout.
Decoration
Ground
Parts
Hammered
: Formed of a one-piece skull with a peak and a bevor attached to it by common pivots, and a single gorget-plate front and rear; hammered, shaped, riveted, with file-roped and etched decoration on a blackened and stippled ground
Patinating
Formed
Inscription present: eight-pointed asterisk
Accession number: HEN.M.71-1933
Primary reference Number: 18440
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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