British Museum and inspiration

So I must make another confession that I am a museum junky and to me there is no better museum than the British Museum.

So when I get the chance, I love to drop into the British Museum to look around for an hour or so. This morning I had a little time before meetings, and so dropped into the Italian/Roman rooms for inspiration for the coming weekend. Simply brilliant to see all the Roman and Italian goodies.

Top to bottom:

• A bronze helmet with crest holderand detachable horns as horse-headed seas monsters from 325-275BC Italy.
• Roman helmet from the Punic Wars 220-170BC
  A Bronze montefortino helmet of Gallic origin 300-100BC; a Bronze samnite helmet 400-300BC and a Bronze Tripple disc breastplate from 400-300BC
• A Bronze Pot Helmet from 600BC from Picenum, Umbria or Etruria.
  A bronze statue of a horseman from Taranto, 550BC
• A Corinthian helmet
• A Bronze Corinthian helmet made in Apulia 600BC
• A Carthaginian Mosiac
• Attic helmet
• Bronze spearheads and sword from 800-700BC