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

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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

Framed engravings: Designs of an Antique Helmut of Bronze found at Ribchester
Helmet: 10¹⁄₄ in. (26 cm.) high
Engravings: 520 x 340 mm. (each)

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.

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.

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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It is understood that this is one of four electrotype copies produced in 1983 using moulds taken from the original helmet which is preserved in the British Museum. Of the four copies, three were destined for public display in museums in Lancashire, the Ribchester Museum and Carnuntum in Germany, the present Lot being the only example in private circulation.