An artillery kepi

Provenance: Sardinian Kingdom
Dating: Mid 19th Century
Dimensions: height 16 cm.
Condition: medium
Leather body covered in black cloth, with silvered tubular side supports and oxidized metallic thread rank braid. Badge of crossed cannon barrels surmounted by a flaming grenade charged with the Savoy cross. Small silvered loop bearing the numeral "5". Tricolour silk cockade and silver pompon with black horsehair plume. Squared visor. Interior with leather sweatband and remains of the gilt retailer's label "G. POZZATI BRESCIA". Small defects and restorations.