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Morion

probably 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Europe (made)

In the 16th century style

Object details

Category
Arms & Armour
Object type
Morion
Brief description
Morion in the 16th century style, probably 19th century
Physical description
In the 16th century style
Gallery label
MORION
Steel
Italian; 16th century
Decorated in the 19th century
The morion itself is an unexceptional but authentic object; the embossed and damascened decoration, however, has been added in the 19th century to give it a richness in imitation of the elaborately decorated parade armours of the late 16th century.
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
The decoration on the morion is an exceptionally skilful forgery which was not detected until the 1960's.
Production
In the 16th century style
Bibliographic reference
Jones, Mark (ed.), Fake? : The Art of Deception, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1990
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
M.106-1921

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Record createdApril 22, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98152/morion-unknown/
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