Foil Mask

Item

Title

Foil Mask

Subject

Protective Equipment—Masks

Description

Wire mesh fencing mask similar in design to a mask depicted in the Heck Encyclopedia of 1851 (Fig. 8). Features a retaining bar across top of the head and a tongue over and behind the head. Fabric covering sewn onto the sides and top of the wire mesh mask, and wound around the retaining bar & tongue.

Publisher

Fencing Arms & Artifacts

Date

Mid 19th Century

Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0

Is Part Of

Benjamin Bowles Collection

Extent

Iron, canvas, wire mesh. Total: height 26cm, width 18cm, depth 21cm. Face mesh only: height 20cm, width 18cm, depth 9cm. Face mesh circumference (front only): width 29cm, height 26.5cm. Tongue: 37.5cm long. Weight: 289g.

Type

Fencing mask

Identifier

2020.01.014

Provenance

Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles

Digitized by Benjamin Bowles

Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles