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Formerly in the Collection of Herr Hefner-Alteneck, now in that of Viscount Astor at Hever Castle

Of the visored bascinets that are actually in existence we are able to illustrate a number and to describe others. The helmets with which we now have to deal are those provided with the beaked visor and known as the pig-faced bascinet; they may be divided broadly into two classes, those which have the visor attached by a hinge over the forehead, which are, generally speaking, the earlier type, and those in which the visor is attached by a pivot at either side of the helmet. In the collection of Sir Edward Barry at Ockwells Manor, there is one of the earliest complete bascinets that can be found in English collections, a helmet which may safely be assigned to about 1370-80 (Fig.