Collection record · Dress & textiles
War Hat (or Kettle Hat)
The collection record classifies this work as arms and armor. It is dated c. 1475–1500. Recorded culture or place: Italy, Milan.
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- Museum title
- War Hat (or Kettle Hat)
- Date
- c. 1475–1500
- Culture / origin
- Italy, Milan
- Materials and technique
- steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36 x 22 x 26.6 cm (14 3/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Antonio Missaglia (Italian, 1416/17–1495/96)
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.1565
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Open helmets like this one were in use from the 1200s to the 1400s and are the ancestor of today's common military helmet. Such helmets were worn by foot soldiers as they attempted to scale the walls of an armed town. The slight ridge, or comb, down the center served to improve deflection and increase strength. Antonio Missaglia's workshop created helmets like this for royalty and knights in the region of Milan. Missaglia inherited the workshop from his father, who was also an armorer, and employed craftsmen who specialized in particular types of armor, such as jointed arm defenses or helmets.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance · CC0
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