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 certain tameness being noticeable in the rendering of the decorative theme. As in the case of the Morgan casque—there are no traces of any form of gilded decoration. The casque must have been finished with a surface of blue-black colour, much of which is still preserved.

Unsigned, but certainly the work of Philip Negroli of Milan, about 1540 Collection: Mr. S. J. Whawell

An intermediate link between head-pieces of the first and those of the second half of the XVIth century is furnished by the open helmets of