A miniature of a helm

[fernando]

Through some 'intense' research i found out the person who sold me the helm is a Gentleman called Terry English, an armour master smith who has been making the arms and armour for the actors of various known films.

[A Senefelder]

Through some 'intense' research i found out the person who sold me the helm is a Gentleman called Terry English,

Thats pretty cool Nando. I know Terrys work well as i'm sure many do including Excalibur and I believe The Messenger films.

I've been thinking about this helmet since you found the stamp. I don't know if it possible to reach Terry for his thoughts on it, but while I can think of no reason for constructing a minature version of this in the period while they were in use ( which I can for the Victorian Gothic revival ), the attention to detail as well as the stamp, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he thought it to be a period piece. It's certainly made that way.

[machinist]

In olden times many factories would make miniatures of such items as farm equipment, furniture, stoves and such so a salesman could carry many examples to show prospective clients what they would be buying. This worked well in America because of the great distances to travel and difficulty in moving goods. I do not know if this would be applicable to armor in Europe as it would require more personal fitting and I think perhaps the distances traveled between manufacture and customer may not be so great. Beautiful helm no matter what.