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 has it that this helmet was originally part of the original armoury of the house from which it was obtained.

North Italian, bearing a Milanese mark About 1470. Collection: Mr. Godfrey Williams

North Italian. About 1470 Collection: Author

North Italian, bearing a Milanese mark. About 1470. The surface blued, with bronze gilt enrichments. Collection: Mr. S. J. Whawell

The salade of Italian form that we shall mention last is a very beautiful helmet in the possession of Viscount Astor, at Hever Castle, Kent (Fig. 356). Owing to the semi-oriental feature of its decoration Viscount Astor's helmet, like the salade in the Royal Armoury, Madrid, has been associated with the name of Boabdil. Be that as it may, this salade remains one of the most remarkable helmets of its type extant. The proportions of the head-piece are not large and the face-opening is wide. Above the ears