Helm

Medieval

Royal Armouries Museum

1350

Would have been worn over a bascinet, with a crested cap held in place above it by laces passed through the pairs of holes in the conical skull-plate.

• Medium: steel
• Dimensions: 36 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £50,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1976
• Vendor: Peter Dale Ltd

Provenance

Sotheby's, 1974; Peter Dale Ltd.

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