. The Archaeological journal . to the executorsof the donor, who presented it to Mr. Harrod, the Secretaryof the Norfolk Archaeological Society. It afterwards becamethe property of Mr. Bayfield, of Norwich, at whose recom-mendation it was copied as part of the decorations of thecelebrated Norwich Gates, now at Sandringham. FromMr. Bayfield it was purchased in December last by GeneralLefroy. See Official Catalogue, class xvi. no. 6. As a sample of the knightly tilting helm this is an exceed-ingly fine specimen, but the particular points of interest init are the singular contrivances for attachi
. The Archaeological journal . to the executorsof the donor, who presented it to Mr. Harrod, the Secretaryof the Norfolk Archaeological Society. It afterwards becamethe property of Mr. Bayfield, of Norwich, at whose recom-mendation it was copied as part of the decorations of thecelebrated Norwich Gates, now at Sandringham. FromMr. Bayfield it was purchased in December last by GeneralLefroy. See Official Catalogue, class xvi. no. 6. As a sample of the knightly tilting helm this is an exceed-ingly fine specimen, but the particular points of interest init are the singular contrivances for attaching the defenceto the breast and back-plates ; the former consisting ofa perforated iron bar, moving on a hinge, and adapted forthe passage of a pair of staples at a height that might beadjusted to the convenience of the wearer; the latter beingan iron buckle of peculiar construction, to receive a strap fixedto the back-plate. The securing of the helm fore and aft tothe cuirass is indeed no new thing, but the particular manner. Tilting-Helm of the fifteenth century, in the Eoyal Artillery Museum, Woolwich. (From a drawing by Walter II. Trcgcllas, Esq.) Scale one-fourth linear. VOL. XXI.
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