Helmet for a Harquebusier, ca. 1630–40, probably Greenwich, British, London or Greenwich, Steel, silver, gold, copper alloy

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Helmet for a Harquebusier, ca. 1630–40, probably Greenwich, British, London or Greenwich, Steel, silver, gold, copper alloy, textile, H. 13 7/8 ( cm); W. 9 3/8 ( cm); D. 16 7/16 in. ( cm); Wt. 4 lb. 7 oz. (2010 g), Helmets, Harquebusiers were the last type of cavalry to wear armor in England before it went out of use in the mid- to late seventeenth century. This harquebusier's helmet is rare and important for its richly engraved bands of decoration covered in silver and for the high quality of its workmanship overall

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