Sallet
Unknown
ca. 1450–1500 · Steel · Arms and Armor
Close-fitting caplike helmets of this type, with cutouts for the ears, were worn by Spanish infantrymen during the second half of the fifteenth century. Unlike most known examples, which have a strong median ridge from front to back, this sallet has a smooth hemispherical bowl that suggest one of the earlier (mid-century?) examples. Acquired in Spain in the nineteenth century, it is said to have come from a tomb in Aragon. Now dark and heavily corroded, the surface was probably once brightly polished.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1450–1500
- Medium
- Steel
- Culture
- Spanish
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1904
