04-25-2007, 02:59 PM
Hi Franklin,
These helmets weren't sheathed in foil like the earlier ridge helmets sometimes were.
Either they were gilded or silvered by application of gold or silver leaf or they were mercury gilded.
The decoration is worked out on the brass and then the silvering or gilding took place.
I plan to leaf the brass 'spangen' brass but silver the iron of the cheek plates and the space between the decorated 'spangen'. I'll use silver leaf for that.
The book you quoted is a very good one. I don't have it but someone gave me a plan from it and the full drawings in the book are a very good help in the reconstruction process!
Kind regards,
Jef
These helmets weren't sheathed in foil like the earlier ridge helmets sometimes were.
Either they were gilded or silvered by application of gold or silver leaf or they were mercury gilded.
The decoration is worked out on the brass and then the silvering or gilding took place.
I plan to leaf the brass 'spangen' brass but silver the iron of the cheek plates and the space between the decorated 'spangen'. I'll use silver leaf for that.
The book you quoted is a very good one. I don't have it but someone gave me a plan from it and the full drawings in the book are a very good help in the reconstruction process!
Kind regards,
Jef
