Great Sallet

Unknown

possibly 1420–50 · Steel · Arms and Armor

Apparently the forerunner of the one-piece barbute that appeared in Italy about 1440 these distinctive two-piece sallets are known only from Chalcis and other Aegean sites.

Artist

Unknown

Date

possibly 1420–50

Medium

Steel

Culture

Italian

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929