Sallet of Italian Type (Barbut)

Gallery 345, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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Sallet of Italian Type (Barbut)

c. 1450-1460

Artist/maker unknown, Italian

The bowl of this sallet is struck twice at the rear with a maker's mark (the letter S within the letter A under an open coronet) of an unknown master armorer. This shapely helmet is of a type worn by both armored horsemen and soldiers fighting on foot.

Gallery 345, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Sallet of Italian Type (Barbut)

Date:

c. 1450-1460

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Italian

Medium:

Iron alloy (steel)

Dimensions:

10 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 9 15/16 inches, 6 pounds 4.2 ounces (26 × 21 × 25.2 cm, 2840g)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Accession Number:

1977-167-55

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe Probably made in Brescia, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 345, Arms and Armor, third floor (Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Galleries)

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