Closed Burgonet
Unknown
ca. 1560 · Steel, gold · Arms and Armor
On cavalry helmets of this type, the face defense, called a falling buffe, can be lowered in three sections for better visibility and ventilation. This example has distinctive etched and gilded decoration featuring scrolling vines ending in dragon heads and cornucopias.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1560
- Medium
- Steel, gold
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Gift of Miss Harriet M. Dean, 1929
