A cabasset for comments ... please

Jim McDougall · 27th February 2019, 05:14 PM

Wow! beautiful job...……….and I can see it now...…….Fernando parading around with that fancy plume

helmet. But I cant say much.....after I should have learned my lesson with the famed tulwar vs. ceiling fan incident.....I tried to put on a kulah khud helmet and got it pretty well stuck on my head.
Seriously, very nicely done and great example.

Ulfberth!!! Its fantastic to have you back here!! and thank you for all these great examples of illustrations of these kinds of cabassets.

fernando · 27th February 2019, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

....after I should have learned my lesson with the famed tulwar vs. ceiling fan incident.....

A bizarre version of when the tulwar hits the fan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

...I tried to put on a kulah khud helmet and got it pretty well stuck on my head...

To prevent one's head from getting stuck with these things, the correct technique is to try them on someone in the house

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fernando · 2nd March 2019, 01:06 PM

After some backstage combined research with a knowledged member, a rather plausible identification for this cabasset is that it is Italian, most possibly from the Papal Armory, the mark being that of the Barberini family arsenal, where a more clear example in another cabasset reveals the three bees symbol of their coat of arms. Its date remaining the same 1580-1600.

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fernando · 2nd March 2019, 01:23 PM

Note the exquisite plume holder and the arsenal mark, on a said Barberini Papal example. The pipe fixation is in the same position as mine. I just wouldn't guess that its riveting is also decorated with rosettes ... at least this one.

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ulfberth · 2nd March 2019, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Wow! beautiful job...……….and I can see it now...…….Fernando parading around with that fancy plume

helmet. But I cant say much.....after I should have learned my lesson with the famed tulwar vs. ceiling fan incident.....I tried to put on a kulah khud helmet and got it pretty well stuck on my head.
Seriously, very nicely done and great example.

Ulfberth!!! Its fantastic to have you back here!! and thank you for all these great examples of illustrations of these kinds of cabassets.

thanks Jim

2nd March 2019, 01:06 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	After some backstage combined research with a knowledged member, a rather plausible identification for this cabasset is that it is Italian, most possibly from the Papal Armory, the mark being that of the Barberini family arsenal, where a more clear example in another cabasset reveals the three bees symbol of their coat of arms. Its date remaining the same 1580-1600. , Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 2nd March 2019 at 03:13 PM.

2nd March 2019, 01:23 PM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Note the exquisite plume holder and the arsenal mark, on a said Barberini Papal example. The pipe fixation is in the same position as mine. I just wouldn't guess that its riveting is also decorated with rosettes ... at least this one. . Attached Images Last edited by fernando; 3rd March 2019 at 11:25 AM.

27th February 2019, 05:14 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,585	Wow! beautiful job...……….and I can see it now...…….Fernando parading around with that fancy plume helmet. But I cant say much.....after I should have learned my lesson with the famed tulwar vs. ceiling fan incident.....I tried to put on a kulah khud helmet and got it pretty well stuck on my head. Seriously, very nicely done and great example. Ulfberth!!! Its fantastic to have you back here!! and thank you for all these great examples of illustrations of these kinds of cabassets.