Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Close Helmet (from a funerary achievement?)

c.1590–1625

gilded steel (invaded with rust); red velvet lining, plume holder
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This helmet was decorated with a technique known as fire-gilding, an incredibly toxic process involving mercury that produced a gold finish, now worn away.

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