A miniature of a helm

[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.

[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.