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Close helmet: AAL.1 & A-2008

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Armourer: Royal Almain Workshop

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Description

Close-helmet, comprising a skull-piece, two-part visor and bevor. Visor, with traces of its funerary paint, currently removed from the helmet.
Royal Workshop, Greenwich.

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by St Mary’s Parochial Church Council

Place(s) associated

  • Greenwich ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (2008) by St Mary’s Parochial Church Council

Dating

16th Century, Mid
1525 - 1575

Identification numbers

Accession number: AAL.1 & A-2008
Primary reference Number: 208666
Entry form: 987
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 3 May 2016 Updated: Wednesday 25 September 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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