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Collection: Herr Hefner Alteneck, now Dr. Bashford Dean, New York

(a) Profile view.

Collection: Herr Hefner Alteneck, now Dr. Bashford Dean, New York

(b) Three-quarter view.

Showing the high crowned bascinet, about 1315. After Stothard

After Planche

Showing the small egg-shaped bascinet, about 1330. After Stothard

attached. The lower edge of the helmet is considerably destroyed by rust; but the original lower outline can be easily traced by following the close row of holes pierced for the attachment of the lining. A very beautiful bascinet, but of a somewhat more advanced type, indeed a specimen that with safety could be dated at any period between 1330 and 1350, is in the collection of the late Mr. W. Burgess, bequeathed to the British Museum in 1884. It has suffered from corrosion, but it is still one of the most interesting specimens of its kind extant (Fig. 261). The iron staples, which nearly follow