The wide, flat comb suggests that this sallet is a late example dating to the end of the fifteenth century. The visor has been modified or may be associated. The tail is unusually long and spatulate and is struck with two marks: that of the city of Nuremberg and an armorer's mark in the shape of a horseshoe enclosing a letter, possibly that of Hans Grünewalt (ca. 1440–1503).
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Title:Sallet
Date:ca. 1490
Geography:Nuremberg
Culture:German, Nuremberg
Medium:Steel, leather
Dimensions:H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); D. 15 1/2 in (39.37 cm); Wt. 6 lb. 2 oz. (2769 g)
Classification:Helmets
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Object Number:04.3.226
Marking: Stamped on the tail: the mark of the city of Nuremberg; an armorer's mark in the shape of a horseshoe enclosing a letter (possibly the mark of Hans Grünewalt, ca. 1440–1503).
Albert Denison, 1st Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (until d. 1860; by descent to his son); William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England(1860–88; Armour and Arms…of the Right Hon. Earl of Londesborough, Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6, 9–11, 1888, no. 448, for £71); Maurice Chabrières-Arlès, Lyon and Paris, France, in 1889; [Charles Stein, Paris, until 1892, sold October 21, 1892, for Fr. 2000, to Ressman]; Costanino Ressman, Florence (1892–99; sold together with nine other helmets, for Fr. 50,000, to Dino); Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (1899–1904; sold to MMA).
Paris. Esplanade des Invalides. "Exposition Rétrospective Militaire du Ministère de la Guerre en 1889," May 6–October 31, 1889.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "European Helmets 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection," January 25, 2000–December 30, 2001, no. 13.
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. pp. 24–25, no. B. 11, pl. 7.
Dean, Bashford, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catalogue of European Arms and Armor. Hand-book (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)), Vol. 15. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1905. fig. 50L.
Thomas, Bruno, and Ortwin Gamber. Katalog der Leibrüstkammer, I. Teil, Der Zeitraum von 500 bis 1530. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1976. p. 97, no. A 60, ill.
Pyhrr, Stuart W. European Helmets, 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan 25, 2000 - Dec 30, 2000. pp. 12, 46, no. 13, ill.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Collection of Armour and Arms, Carvings in Ivory. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6 and July 9–11, 1888. p. 38, lot 448.
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