Production: Unknown (Possibly)
Pot helmet, for use by an harquebusier. Formed of a skull, a flat, obtusely-pointed peak, a sliding nasal-bar with a retaining staple and wing-headed locking-screw, a broad, obtusely-pointed neck-defence of four upward-overlapping lames, and a pair of pendant cheek-pieces. The one-piece hemispherical skull is decorated with six radiating ribs and a raised border at each side of its lower edge, and fitted at its apex with a pierced finial retaining a circular washer. The peak, which is attached to the brow of the skull by round-headed rivets, is pierced at its centre to receive the sliding nasal-bar which, together with its retaining staple and locking-screw, is a modern restoration.
The cheek-pieces, which are now detached, have concave front and rear edges that converge towards their lower ends. They are each pierced with seven ventilation-holes in a rosette-formation. The main edges of the peak, the neck-defence and the cheek-pieces have plain inward turns. The helmet retains substantial fragments of its leather lining-bands.
History note: Mr James Stewart Henderson of 'Abbotsford', Downs Road, St Helen's Park, Hastings, Sussex.
J.S. Henderson Bequest
Depth: 42.0 cm
Height: 29.0 cm
Weight: 1.59 kg
Width: 25.8 cm
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart
Mid 17th century
Production date:
circa
AD 1650
The helmet is bright with moderately heavy pitting and patination overall.
Possibly German or Dutch
Lining-bands
composed of
leather
( fragments)
Border
Cheek-pieces
Parts
Skull Decoration
Hammered
: Formed of a skull, a flat, obtusely-pointed peak, a sliding nasal-bar with a retaining staple and wing-headed locking-screw, a broad, obtusely-pointed neck-defence of four upward-overlapping lames, and a pair of pendant cheek-pieces; hammered, shaped, riveted, with a recessed border and decorated with V-shaped nicks
Patinating
Formed
Inscription present: three punched dots and two incised crosses
Inscription present: tag numbered '87'
Accession number: HEN.M.98-1933
Primary reference Number: 18549
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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