Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum / by H.B. Walters.

British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

Date:: 1899

Credit: Catalogue of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum / by H.B. Walters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$2829. HELMET, with nasal and clumsy cheek-pieces ; the upper part is dome-shaped ; round the edge are perforations, lit. S'2 in. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Top and lower edge injured. 2830. HELME T, with nasal and cheek-pieces, and a ridge across the top with two loops in it ; the cheek-pieces have been in the form of rams’ heads in relief, but the reliefs are lost. On the brow is an imitation of carefully-curled hair, and above this are tongue and guilloche patterns, all carefully incised. 1 he top part projects over the lower; on either side is a notch. Ht. log in. From Ruvo. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Corroded. 2831. HELME r, with small nasal and large cheek-pieces, and brim at back of neck ; eyebrows in low relief; at the top are three forked stands (two broken) for crests. Ht. 10] in. From Ruvo. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Corroded. HELMET, in shape like the last, with small nasal, large cheek-.pieces, eyebrows in relief ( below which are incised small eyes), and three stands for crests, formed of double strips of metal. Round the edge is incised a herring-bone pattern, and on each cheek-piece a boar charging ; in the Held, two uncertain objects. Above the r. cheek-piece is a flower, and on either side is an elaborate plant with flowers ; at the back is a Sphinx seated on hind-legs to r., with wings recurved and wearing a cap or fillet, confronted by a lion seated to 1. Ht. 10^ in. Fiom Pomarico, Basilicata. Bequeathed by Sir W. Temple, 1856. Stands of crests broken. Graeco-Italian type, of 3rd cent. B.C. 2833. 2834. 2835. 2836. 2837. 2838. 2839. HELMET, with nasal, and brim to protect the neck ; in front is a horse’s head in high relief. Ht. 7 in. Presented by General Meyrick, 1878. Much corroded ; top beaten in. HELMET, with nasal and cheek-pieces ; in front, imitation of curly hair (?) all round, and above, cable-pattern and lotos-buds incised. Ht. 8g in. Presented by General Meyrick, 1878. Split open in front, nasal broken, and cheek-pieces and back injured. HELMET, with nasal, cheek-pieces, and brim at back of neck ; pattern of dots and pendants all round the edge ; two small holes at back. Ht. Sl2 in. Bequeathed by W. Burges, Esq., 1881. IIELME T, with nasal and cheek-pieces, and brim at back of neck ; round the edge is a bead-moulding ; at the inner corner of each eye-hole, an incised palmette. Ht. 8 in. Good patina ; the top is dented in in places. HELMET, with rounded top, nasal and cheek-pieces, and brim at back of neck ; in front is incised a palmette-and-lotos pattern, and round the edge is a bead-moulding ; in each cheek- piece is a hole, and also on the top. Ht. 8g in. Very heavy. HELMET, as the last but one, wfith eyebrows in lc5\v relief and lines round the edge. Ht. 83 in. Castellani, 1865. found with a cuirass and other pieces of armour, probably forming part of a trophy (see No. 2849). HELME T, in the form of a Phrygian cap, with remains of hinges for cheek-pieces. Ht. 9 in. Blacas Coll., 1867. Edges very much broken. 2840. HELMET, of hemispherical shape, with cheek-pieces of shape, fastened by hinges ; round the rim, lines and cable-pattern ; on the top, a knob ornamented with scale- patiem. Ht. 14 in. from Apulia. Castellani, 1873. Sides dented in. Perhaps Etruscan; for the type, cf. Nos. 2725-2728. 2841. HELME I, conical, with upright piece above, like the neck of a vase, and long curved semi-cylindrical piece attached, forming, as it were, a lip and handle ; round the lower edge, four moulded lines and occasional perforations. Ht. 9; in. Payne Knight Coll. In bad condition.$