AN ITALIAN 'SPANISH' MORION of one piece, with tall ponited skull surmounted by a stalk, encircled at the base by dome-headed lining rivets, and with shield-shaped brass plume-holder at the rear, and narrow flat brim with turned edge, etched throughout in the 'Pisan' manner with bands of trophies within roped borders and involving a shield of arms under a coronet at the front (old riveted patch inside), late 16th Century

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AN ITALIAN 'SPANISH' MORION of one piece, with tall ponited skull surmounted by a stalk, encircled at the base by dome-headed lining rivets, and with shield-shaped brass plume-holder at the rear, and narrow flat brim with turned edge, etched throughout in the 'Pisan' manner with bands of trophies within roped borders and involving a shield of arms under a coronet at the front (old riveted patch inside), late 16th Century
9¼in. high

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The arms are those of the Spanish family of Cárdenas

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