Burgonet: HEN.M.84-1933

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

• Burgonet

Categories

• Armour

Description

Burgonet, for light field use. Formed of a skull, a pivoted visor, a pair of hinged cheek-pieces and a neck-defence of one lame. The skull, which is boxed in four vertical panels, rises at its apex to a pointed acorn-shaped finial. The broad, slightly downturned peak has short, slender arms and projects forward to an obtuse central point. The cheek-pieces are of square form. Each is pierced at its centre with five small, circular ventilation-holes in rosette formation. The lower edge of the neck-defence descends to an obtuse central point where it is pierced with a later pair of suspension-holes. The main edges of the helmet have file-roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders.

Notes

History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

16th Century, Mid#
Circa 1550 CE - 1560 CE

Note

South German

The cheek-pieces and possibly also the neck-defence are associated with the skull, and have been cut and reworked to fit it.

The helmet is bright with a variable light to medium patination overall.