Pointed Morion

Unknown

ca. 1590 · Steel, brass · Arms and Armor

Although worn with age, this elaborately etched morion is particularly interesting for the mark struck at the front of its brim––the Lion of Saint Mark, the Venetian control stamp. Venice had subjugated the armor-manufacturing city of Brescia in the fifteenth century, and, as a result, Brescia became the main supplier of armor used in Venetian service. Similarly marked morions are preserved in the former arsenal of the Serenissima in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. The ornament, consisting of allover strapwork interlace enclosing trophies of arms, is in the French taste.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1590

Medium

Steel, brass

Culture

Italian, Brescia

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913