Keywords: Italian - Archer's Sallet - Walters 51466 - Three Quarter.jpg A sallet is a light semi-open helmet popular in the 15th century Its rounded skullpiece was sometimes fitted with a visor although this is not true of those used by archers who weren't normally involved in close combat They are distinguished from the even simpler earlier basinet by their flared tail in back which would deflect blows aimed at the back of the neck The holes around the edges were for the attachment of a lining between 1450 1470 Late Medieval steel cm 22 7 16 5 26 7 accession number 51 466 11553 Sale American Art Association New York November 14 1921 no 93 Henry Walters Baltimore 1921 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1921 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Armour in the Walters Art Museum Armour of Italy Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum 15th-century helmets Sallets |