Helmet (Basinet) with Detachable Visor, ca. 1420–30

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Helmet (Basinet) with Detachable Visor, ca. 1420–30, probably German, Steel, leather, H. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 8 in. ( cm); D. 14 11/16 in. ( cm); Wt. 6 lb. 9 oz. (2986 g), Helmets, One of the most widely used head defenses of the fourteenth century, the bascinet went out of general fashion soon after 1400. The present example is of a rare late type distinguished by its deep and elegantly curved sides and by its centrally hinged, detachable visor

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