. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . l is ridged, with a high crest all forged in one piece. The two-part visor has long vision-slits in the upper portionand circular holes on the right side of thelower part. Both these plates are held togetherby the F-shaped hook which is found on allclose helmets by this maker. The beavor, intwo parts, is hinged to the skull on each side,and is joined at the chin by a hook. Thehelmet is decorated with bands of engraving,gilt on a russeted ground. Between thesebands is a series of oval engraved spaces,which, taken together, make li
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . l is ridged, with a high crest all forged in one piece. The two-part visor has long vision-slits in the upper portionand circular holes on the right side of thelower part. Both these plates are held togetherby the F-shaped hook which is found on allclose helmets by this maker. The beavor, intwo parts, is hinged to the skull on each side,and is joined at the chin by a hook. Thehelmet is decorated with bands of engraving,gilt on a russeted ground. Between thesebands is a series of oval engraved spaces,which, taken together, make lines of of the original lining remains. Of this HELMET OF SIR HENRY LEE (IV, 44). , , , . ° i ^ ? • ^i From the 4™,o„«..4/6«„,. Vict, and Alb. Mus. suit thc lockiHg gauutlct IS m thc posscssion of the Armourers and Braziers Company ofLondon, and the jambs, sollerets, burgonet and buffe are in the Lifrustkammer,Stockholm. The suit is figured in the Armourers Album in the Art Library, ^ Described in the Armourer and His Crafi, page i8o THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. Victoria and Albert Museum, and reproduced in the Almain Armourers Album,by Viscount Dillon. There is a portrait of Count Bielka in the NordeskaMuseum {circa 1670) wearing portions of this suit. The helmet is figured inGroses Military Antiquities, II, Plate 10, and in the Armourer and His Crajt. Grose describes it in 1801 as being in the possession of Mr. Rawle,military accoutrement maker in the Strand. Weight, 81b. Purchased at the Bernal sale, 1855. 44. Tilting Helmet (late XVIth Century).—The skull is madein two parts, joined along the crest. The visor is in two parts, withone long horizontal vision-slit in the upper and several small slits on theleft side of the lower portion. On the right side of the lower part of thevisor is a door with a spring catch. There is a fork pivoted to the beavorfor holding up the visor when open, two neck-lames, and a plume-pipe. Weight, 91b. 45. H
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