Lot 212
Lot 212
AN ELECTROTYPE COPY OF THE RIBCHESTER HELMET: A ROMAN SPORTS AND CAVALRY HELMET

WITH THREE ENGRAVINGS BY JAMES BASIRE THE YOUNGER (1769-1822)

Price Realised GBP 3,276
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
Closed: 10 Dec 2024
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AN ELECTROTYPE COPY OF THE RIBCHESTER HELMET: A ROMAN SPORTS AND CAVALRY HELMET

WITH THREE ENGRAVINGS BY JAMES BASIRE THE YOUNGER (1769-1822)

Price Realised GBP 3,276
Closed: 10 Dec 2024
Price Realised GBP 3,276
Closed: 10 Dec 2024
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Framed engravings: Designs of an Antique Helmut of Bronze found at Ribchester
Helmet: 1014 in. (26 cm.) high
Engravings: 520 x 340 mm. (each)
Provenance
Helmet: Antique Arms, Armour and Collectors Firearms, Christie's, London, 22 June 2011, lot 61.
Engravings: The Brian Juhos Collection sale; Christie's South Kensington, 1 May 2013, lot 278.
Charles Ede Gallery, 1 May 2013.
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale.
Literature
K. Schörle, ed., L’armée de Rome: La puissance et la gloire, Arles, 2018, p. 72, no. 30.
"Expo musée d’Arles: 'L’Armée de Rome, la puissance et la gloire," (online article, humanhist.com, 2018).
Minerva, March/April 2019, ill. front cover.
E. Colombani, "Sous les enseignes," in S. Laval and M. Pascal, eds., Invictus: Au coeur de deux Légions mythiques, Aubagne, 2020, p. 39.
Exhibited
Helmet: Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2012 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA812).
Arles, Musée départemental Arles antique, L'Armée de Rome: La Puissance et la Gloire, 15 December 2018 - 22 April 2019.
Aubagne, Musée de la Légion étrangère, Invictus: Au coeur de deux légions mythiques, 10 September 2020 - 3 October 2021.
Engravings: Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2013 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA157MA).
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