Pikeman's pot formed in two pieces with a tall hemispherical crown rising to a low medial comb, and a relatively narrow integral brim turned down slightly at each side, the edges of the latter decorated with plain inward turns accompanied by recessed borders and round-headed lining-rivets, the base of the crown encircled by similar rivets. Retaining its original plume-holder. Struck on its brim with an indistinct maker’s mark and the crowned ‘IR’ government ownership mark of the reign of James II (1685–8).

Similar to RCIN 1275.

Text adapted from Arms and Armour in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: European Armour, London, 2016