Zishagge
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1630
Materials
Metal helmet.
Measurements
390 x 320 x 395 mm
Place of origin
Hungary
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514951
Summary
Pot-helmet (Zishagge), neck defence of 4 lames and hinged ear defence, skull with radiating ribs (falling nasal guard missing). Attached 'bats-wing' pierced with hearts and bones, and fluted wings. Probably Hungarian c.1630.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.