Pikeman's pot, formed in two pieces with a tall hemispherical crown rising to a low medial comb, and a fairly narrow integral brim turned down at each side, the edges of the latter (patched at the front) decorated with plain inward turns accompanied by a recessed border occupied by round-headed lining-rivets, the base of the crown encircled by similar rivets, the brim struck with the crowned ‘IR’ government ownership mark of the reign of James II (1685–8).

See also RCINs 61040.10 and 72872.

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