British and Foreign Arms & Armour

by Charles Henry Ashdown

Fig. 404.—Close helmet, Hatfield House, late sixteenth century.

A half-suit of armour dating from about the close of the sixteenth century is to be seen in the Wallace Collection. It is of North Italian manufacture and is adorned with vertical bands containing panels of classical figures, interlaced designs, trophies of arms and armour, &c.

Fig. 405.—Italian armour, late sixteenth century. (Wallace Collection.)

Fig. 406.