A miniature of a helm

[A Senefelder]

My pleasure Nando. Victorian work has to a degree come into its own in the last 10 years or so and i've seen several examples of Mr. Schmidts work command prices on par with middle to munnitions quality 16th century armour in the last few years. This is a very neat item and something i've never seen before. I've seen several of the exactingly made miniature armours that were made in the 19th century but not such an exacting reduced scale reproduction of a single element.

[pbleed]

If this were mine, I would call it "a helm of a miniature!"
Peter

[fernando]

Originally Posted by pbleed

If this were mine, I would call it "a helm of a miniature!"
Peter

[fernando]

Is it my imagination or do we have here a maker's mark ?

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[A Senefelder]

Is it my imagination or do we have here a maker's mark ?

There's definitely a stamp there, it appears to be a T inside a kite shield shape.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by A Senefelder

There's definitely a stamp there, it appears to be a T inside a kite shield shape.

Also my impression. Probably the smith wanted to give a complete period look to the piece; the type of mark, letter and shield, is not a contemporaneous logo.

[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.