ITALIAN MORION OR CABASSET HELMET
LATE 16TH CENTURY
£580
Auction: Select Property from Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire - 27th March 2024 at 10am
Description
in the ‘Spanish’ fashion, formed in one piece of steel with a rounded almond-shaped crown rising to a curved 'stalk' and a flat integral brim, pierced with a later wiring-hole, the base of the skull encircled by dome-headed lining rivets on brass washers embossed as florets (losses); together with another ITALIAN MORION OR CABASSET HELMET, of near identical form (2)
Dimensions
28cm wide, 20cm high, 22cm deep
Provenance
Karen and the late Marc Ellington, Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire