03-26-2014, 12:05 AM
Quote:Oh, of course, Paddock... I forgot to have a look in his work....
Thank you, guys!
Paddock dismisses any idea that Italian helmets were ever cast and then worked to the final shape.
As at least one Etruscan Montefortino, on display at the Penn Museum, has a finger print on the rim I wonder if he would re-consider his position in the light of such information. The finger print is most likely from the original wax work, unless some other more modern method, by design or accidental, was the cause.
Joe Balmos
