Visored Bascinet
Unknown
ca. 1375–1400 · Steel, leather · Arms and Armor
The visored bascinet served as the standard helmet worn throughout Europe from about 1300 to about 1420. The pierced studs along the rim held the aventail (a defense of mail covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders).
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1375–1400
- Medium
- Steel, leather
- Culture
- Western European
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1904
