Details

Object type

close helmet

Place Associated

Germany, Nuremberg (place of manufacture)

Date

1515

Materials

steel

Dimensions

overall: 286 mm x 311 mm 2778 g

Description

Close Helmet of steel; skull fluted and lined with low roped comb; pivoting bellows visor with two sight slits and six pairs of ventilation slits, fastened by spring-catch on right side, the upper and lower edges being shaped and bevelled; chin-piece of one plate pivoted at the same points as the visor with hammered front neck guard flange having sunk border stamped in front with the Nuremberg guild mark; roped and turned edge; rear neck guard of two lames with similar border and edging. Nuremberg.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Arms and Armour

ID Number

2.13

Location

Burrell Collection