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Comb Morion

ca. 1600
Not on view
This example is one of a series of morions etched with the arms of the cooper's guild: a pair of compasses opened above a short-handled cooper's ax and supported by two goats. Helmets emblazoned with the heraldic arms of an individual ruler, an aristocratic house, or even a municiplity are commonplace (see, for example, acc. nos. 04.3.219, 04.3.222, 14.25.532, and 29.156.46), but this group is the only one recorded as bearing the emblem of a craft guild. These helmets are traditionally said to come from Cologne.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Comb Morion
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Geography: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Steel, lead, textile
  • Dimensions: H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); D. 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm); Wt. 4 lb. (1819 g)
  • Classification: Helmets
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.195.1
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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