IN THE STYLE OF THE 14TH CENTURY
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A GREAT HELM
IN THE STYLE OF THE 14TH CENTURY
FORMED OF FOUR IRON PLATES JOINED VERTICALLY AT THE SIDES AND OVERLAPPING A DOMED PATE-PLATE, THE LOWER EDGE TURNED INWARDS OVER A WIRE AND CURVING DOWN TO A BLUNT POINT AT THE FRONT AND REAR, NARROW HORIZONTAL SLIGHTLY FLANGED SIGHT DIVIDED BY A CENTRAL STRIP EXTENDING AS A SHAPED TONGUE OVER THE CENTRE OF THE BROW, ALL HELD BY DOMED IRON RIVETS, LOW MEDIAL RIDGE, THE FRONT LOWER PLATE PIERCED WITH NUMEROUS SMALL BREATHS AND THE SKULL WITH HOLES FOR LINING-LACES, AND CRUCIFORM SLOTS FOR SAFETY CHAINS NEAR THE FRONT EDGE, THE SKULL PAINTED, HEAVILY PATINATED THROUGHOUT
15IN. (38CM.) HIGH
APPARENTLY BASED ON THE WELL-KNOWN HELM OF SIR RICHARD PEMBRIDGE (D. 1375) IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND
IN THE STYLE OF THE 14TH CENTURY
FORMED OF FOUR IRON PLATES JOINED VERTICALLY AT THE SIDES AND OVERLAPPING A DOMED PATE-PLATE, THE LOWER EDGE TURNED INWARDS OVER A WIRE AND CURVING DOWN TO A BLUNT POINT AT THE FRONT AND REAR, NARROW HORIZONTAL SLIGHTLY FLANGED SIGHT DIVIDED BY A CENTRAL STRIP EXTENDING AS A SHAPED TONGUE OVER THE CENTRE OF THE BROW, ALL HELD BY DOMED IRON RIVETS, LOW MEDIAL RIDGE, THE FRONT LOWER PLATE PIERCED WITH NUMEROUS SMALL BREATHS AND THE SKULL WITH HOLES FOR LINING-LACES, AND CRUCIFORM SLOTS FOR SAFETY CHAINS NEAR THE FRONT EDGE, THE SKULL PAINTED, HEAVILY PATINATED THROUGHOUT
15IN. (38CM.) HIGH
APPARENTLY BASED ON THE WELL-KNOWN HELM OF SIR RICHARD PEMBRIDGE (D. 1375) IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUMS OF SCOTLAND