Helms

Helms on Heraldic Art.

 

Bascinet helm (National Museum of Ireland 1862:Wk144.1). Ireland

Helmet Bowl (Hoshi-Kabutobachi) (The Met 2019.268). Japan - 12th-13th C.

Helmet (Hoshi Kabuto) (The Met 14.100.44). Japan - 14th C.

Helm (Louvre AD 7036; UCAD 7036; D 7036). 1300-1500 

Chevron helm (Louvre OA 6010). Iran - 1300-1500

Kettle hat (Rijksmuseum NG-2002-23-260). Germany - ca. 1375-99

Scull helmet (The Walters 51.462). Germany - 15th C.

Kabuto (The Walters 51.607). Japan - 1400-1575

Charles VI's helmet (Louvre OA 12014; OP 162; OP 945; OP 946). France - before 1411

Sultan Barsbay helm (Louvre OA 6130). Egypt - 1422-1437

Armet (The Met 42.50.2). Italy - ca. 1440

Woven helm (Ethnologisches Museum V A 42023). Peru - 1450-1550

Helmet (Hachi) (The Met 13.112.8). Japan - 16th C.

Shishak helmet (Kremlin Armoury Ор-165). Turkey - 16th C.

Shishak helmet (Hermitage 3O-7613). Russia - 16th C.?

Zukinnari Kabuto (The Met 36.25.81a–c). Japan - 16th C.

Helm for the Joust of Peace (The Met 29.156.67a). Germany - ca. 1500

Mask visor in form of a human face (The Met 04.3.286a). Germany - ca. 1515

Armet (British Museum 1881,0802.28). Austria - early 16th C.

Pot helmet (Hermitage 3O-7853). Russia - early 16th C.

Maximilian close (British Museum 1881,0802.41). Germany - ca. 1520

Armet (McCord Stewart Museum Montreal 1990.1.10). Germany – 1530

Ludovico Vistarini by Callisto Square (Pinacoteca di Brera 375). Italy - 1535-41 

Henry II helm (Louvre MRR 3; P 143 158). Italy - 1540-50

Plaque with Warrior and Attendants (The Met 1990.332). Nigeria - ca. 1540-70

Shishak helmet (Hermitage 3O-7854). Russia - mid-16th C.

Morion (Armémuseum AM.072220). 1550-1600

Close helmet (The Met 39.38). Germany - 1550

Close helmet (SLAM 79:1939). Europe - 1550-55

Armet (Louvre OA 12455; P 136 150). Italy - 1550-1600

Helm (Armémuseum AM.061154). 1550-1600

Helm of Charles IX (Louvre MR 426; MS 119). France - 1555-60

Watered steel helmet (The Met 04.3.456a). Turkey - ca. 1560

Helmet (Kremlin Armoury ОР–297). Western Europe - 1563-90

Helm (Louvre OA 7532). Italy - 1570

Putti helm (Louvre OA 10415). France - 1570-90

Jacques de la Faille by Hendrick Goltzius (NGV 447-5). 1580

Helmet with camail (Kremlin Armoury Ор-4608). Russia - late 16th C.

Lucio Foppa by Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (Pinacoteca di Brera 346). Italy - ca. 1590  


Burgonets

Burgonet by Filippo Negroli (The Met 17.190.1720). Italy - 1543

Burgonet with Falling Buffe (The Met 04.3.217; 22.140). France - ca. 1550

Burgonet (V&A Museum M.189-1921). Italy - ca. 1575

Buffe (V&A Museum M.111-1921). Italy - ca. 1590

 

Cabassets

Studded cabasset (Armémuseum AM.059361). Sweden - 16th C.

Cabasset (Louvre MR 429; P 168 190). Italy - 1580-85

Heraldic cabasset (SLAM 176:1926). Italy - 1580-90

Habsburg mercenary cabasset (National Archaeological Institute). Hungary - 1591-1606

 

Sallets

Archer's sallet (The Walters 51.466). Italy - 1450-70

Barbute (The Walters 51.580.1). Europe - ca. 1450-1500

Sallet (V&A Museum M.580-1927). England - 1460-90

Barbuta (British Museum 1881,0802.25). Italy - ca. 1470 

Sallet in the Shape of a Lion's Head (The Met 23.141). Italy - ca. 1475-80

Sallet (SLAM 58:1939). Europe - ca. 1480

Cloisonné sallet (The Met 1983.413). Spain - late 15th-early 16th C.

Zukinnari kabuto (The Met 36.25.81a–c). Japan - 16th C.

Helm for the Joust of Peace (The Met 29.156.67a). Germany - ca. 1500

 

Turban Helms

Enscribed turban helm (Louvre AD 28011; UCAD 28011; D 28011). 15th C.

Turban helm (LACMA M.73.5.323). Iran - 15th C. 

Turban helm (Louvre AD 28012; UCAD 28012). Turkey - 15th C. 

Turban helm (Louvre K 3443). 15th C.

Turban helm (Louvre OA 6601). 15th C.

Royal arsenal helmet (The Walters 51.74). Turkey - mid 15th-16th C.

Turban helm (The Walters 51.69). West Asia - mid 15th-16th C.

Turban helm with pseudo script (Museum für Islamische Kunst I. 3623). 2nd half of 15th C.

Turban helm (Benaki Museum ΓΕ 6189). late 15th C.

Helmet with aventail (The Met 50.87). Turkey - late 15th-early 16th C.

Cap of Kuchum (Kremlin Armoury Ор-164). Iran - 16th C. 

Helmet with mask (Kremlin Armoury Ор-2055). Iran - 16th C.

Helmet with mask (Kremlin Armoury Ор-2056). Iran - 16th C.

Iron helmet (Kremlin Armoury Ор-2049). Germany - 16th C.

Jericho Cap (Kremlin Armoury Op-118). Turkey - 16th C.

Shishak helmet (Kremlin Armoury Ор-9). Russia - 1557

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