Helmet
18th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Watered steel helmet bowl with spike, decorated with floral arabesques and calligraphic panels in gold kuftkari. The nasal and two porte aigrettes are of pierced steel backed with red foil. The turnscrew is missing. The aventail is of steel and brass butted mail links in a diaper pattern with dagged ends. The lining is of red silk(?)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Crucible forged steel, decorated with gold kuftkari |
| Brief description | Watered steel helmet bowl with spike, with pierced and chiselled calligraphic panels decorated with floral arabesques in gold kuftkari. The turnscrew is missing. The aventail is of steel and brass butted mail links in a diaper pattern with dagged ends, Iran, 18th century |
| Physical description | Watered steel helmet bowl with spike, decorated with floral arabesques and calligraphic panels in gold kuftkari. The nasal and two porte aigrettes are of pierced steel backed with red foil. The turnscrew is missing. The aventail is of steel and brass butted mail links in a diaper pattern with dagged ends. The lining is of red silk(?) |
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| Accession number | 693-1889 |
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| Record created | September 20, 2002 |
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