Dating of bascinet from the Wawel castle in Krakow, Poland ? -- myArmoury.com

Vytautas Z

Hello everyone,

This bascinet http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/download.php?id=31268, according to Grzegorz Kulig http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t...ight=wawel is from Wawel castle. Can anyone provide more information on it, especially dating ?

Looks very similar to the Italian one in Vienna museum...
http://www.myArmoury.com/view.html?features/pic_spot_basc32.jpg

Cheers,
Vytautas

Reece Nelson · Posted: Tue 15 Feb, 2011 10:52 pm Post subject: 1400 bascinet

Both bascinets seem to share similarities except for a few things with the visor. My best guess on the date of that Bascinet is early 15th century (1400-1410) and looks to be made in Milan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KHM_Wien_A_..._front.jpg