Austrian gift helmet. Presented by pavel sapieha from the polish king sigismund iii to feodor ivanovich. The iron helmet kept in the armoury chamber under no. 48 in the inventory books of 1687 and 1701 under the title "german and kalmyk hats" is placed first. "the hat is chased, gilded, the tsar's work; it has two large hallmarks, in them are people; in one hallmark a man is beating a snake, but above with glue on a double-headed eagle, in them on a man on a horse; between the glue on a mask; lower with glue four lions; and people, and eagles, and masks, and lions, and snakes, and grasses are gilded. And according to the current census of the year and upon inspection, that hat matched the previous census books; price one hundred rubles. " on this steel gilded helmet of excellent coinage, contemporary with the art of benvenuto cellini, on two large hallmarks is depicted hercules, striking the lernaean hydra and strangling the giant antaeus in a fight. On the minted russian coat of arms at the top of the cone, above the crowned heads of eagles, a cross is depicted. This is the coat of arms of the moscow kingdom during the patriarchate, under feodor ivanovich, and, consequently, the work of the helmet dates back to this time. According to an extract from the ambassadorial books of 1591, the polish king sigismund iii sent the tsar, among other gifts presented by pavel sapieha, a gilded helmet. In this gift one can recognize the gilded iron helmet depicted in the drawing, the tsar's work. Date: before 1853.
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