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Close-helmet with falling buffe

Close-helmet of burgonet form, the skull thrown into boxed flutes, the ridges roped and meeting at the apex, to which is applied an ornament embossed and cut to the shape of a sun's rays. This is secured by a vase-shaped finial. The back of the skull is reinforced by two plates riveted to the inner side. Steel plume-holder at the back of the neck. Moveable peak pivoted at the sides, the front edge turned over and roped; on it are continued the roped fluting and etched lines of the skull. Falling bfe ff of three plates, the sight being formed by the space between the upper edge and the skull. The top plate is embossed with a horizontal projection pierced with six breaths on either side. The thre...
c. 1630
Steel, embossed and incised
A184
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