A FINE & RARE 16TH CENTURY "CONQUISTADOR-TYPE" SPANISH MORION HELMET,

A FINE & RARE 16TH CENTURY "CONQUISTADOR-TYPE" SPANISH MORION HELMET, ca. 1560 : Of traditional 16th Century "Spanish Morion" helmet form with a finely forged & hammered, single-piece bowl and brim. In overall fine untouched condition with smooth steel-gray colored surfaces and much "bright" finish. Of fine quality single-piece construction with an approx. 11 1/2" high body with an 13 3/4" a wide brim with finely "roped" wire edges and a deeply-struck rectangular (Nuremberg) maker's "punch-mark" of, ca. 1540 (Please see E. Heer's: "Der Neue Stockel", vol. 3 pg. 1656). The interior with untouched russet toned iron surfaces with expected scattered forge-roughness and scant remnants of its original leather liner-strap. Fine & untouched exterior surfaces with a smooth steel-gray-colored age-patina, light scattered rust-stains, 85%+ "bright" finish and expected signs of age and military use: plume-holder long removed. Complete with its original, deeply floral-embossed, iron, liner-rivets, along the bowl's outer edges. Of classic 16th Century "Spanish Morion" design, ca. 1560 with a high comb, finely roped-edge borders and nicely pointed rear and front terminals. A very fine quality and authentic example of a mid-to-late 16th Century "Spanish Morion" Helmet, of the type often used by Conquistadors, in the New World, during the mid to late 16th Century. www.ambroseantiques.com