A SHOT-PROOF POT with hemispherical one-piece skull of great thickness with low comb (one bullet dent perhaps from proof shot), the lower edge encircled by a row of rivets securing the original lining strap, symmetrical fall and neck-guard, each pointed and with turned edge, and tounge-shaped cheek-pieces (one reattached) bordered by rivets, the surface patinated black throughout, mid-17th Century, perhaps Swiss