Mounteere cap

Mounteere cap (also known as a Montero cap) is a type of cap formerly worn in Spain for hunting. It has a spherical crown and (frequently fur-lined) flaps able to be drawn down to protect the ears and neck.[1][2]

An oval portrait of a white man in a fur-rimmed hat. Before the portrait, there are a palette and a dog.
Self-portrait of William Hogarth with his dog Trump, 1745. He wears a Montero cap.
A full-length engraving of a white man in a robe, extending a hand with a fur hat.
Richard Crosbie holds a leopard skin Montero hat, 1785.

See also
  • Montera – traditional hat of Spain and Portugal, worn by bullfighters

References
  1. "Montero". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  2. Samuel Pepys. "Monday 30 April 1660". The Diary of Samuel Pepys.


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