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Visor: M.4-1942

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Style of)

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Description

Visor, of grotesque form, for parade use. Formed of an upper and a lower section joined by modern screws serving as pivots at their rear ends. The visor is embossed in the form of a beaked mask cut with apertures for the eyes and fretted with three quatrefoils at its lower end. The beak is formed of two separate plates riveted to the front of the upper and lower sections of the visor respectively. The arms of the visor are also formed of separate plates. The arms of the lower section have restored terminals.

Notes

History note: Mr Francis Henry Cripps-Day

Legal notes

Given by F.H. Cripps-Day

Measurements and weight

Weight: 0.7 kg

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1942-07-03) by Cripps-Day, Francis Henry

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1800 CE - 1900 CE

Note

Similar beaked face-masks are shown worn by mummers at the court of Maximilian I in the Weisskunig of 1520.

The visor is bright with a heavy, artificially-induced patination overall.

This grotesque beak-shaped visor from a helmet was probably made in the 19th century but is very similar to beak-shaped masks worn by mummers at the court of Maximilian I in the early 16th century.

Components of the work

Decoration
Parts

Materials used in production

Steel

Techniques used in production

Hammered : Formed of an upper and lower section joined by modern screws serving as pivots at their rear ends; hammered, shaped, riveted, with embossed decoration
Patinating
Formed

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.4-1942
Primary reference Number: 18465
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 19 April 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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