AN ENGLISH PIKEMAN`S POT, PROBABLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630, formed in two pieces with a hemispheric

AN ENGLISH PIKEMAN`S POT, PROBABLY GREENWICH, CIRCA 1630, formed in two pieces with a hemispherical crown joined medially along a low comb and fitted at its nape with a fragment of a plume-holder, and a broad integral brim turned down at each side, projecting to an obtuse point front and rear and decorated at its lower edge with a plain inward turn accompanied by a series of small stitch-holes and a double recessed border in each case occupied by a series of brass-capped round-headed rivets of which those in the lower border are fitted with square internal washers, the crown decorated at its base with a similar border and rivets and above that and beneath the comb at each side with paired stepped flutes interrupted in the case of the former by a central chevron (heavily pitted and patinated overall, the crown and brim showing significant losses especially at the left side), 23cm; 9in high. Provenance: Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon. Very similar helmets can be found in the collections of The Royal Armouries, Leeds and The Art Institute, Chicago. See A. R. Dufty & W. Reid 1968, pl. LXIV; and W. Karcheski 1995, p. 36.