Advanced Search
Requires Photography
Pair of helmets
After: Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
English
early 19th century
Medium/Technique
Bronzed and gilded limewood
Dimensions
40.6 x 40.6 cm (16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession Number2014.2284.1-2
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsDecorative arts
DescriptionHelmet ornament with flat back, to be applied as an ornament. In the form of a Phrygian cap with cheek pieces and an eleaborate crest, or comb, that runs from front to back, with a trailing tail.
Provenance1950s, art market, London. Jean Chelo (dealer), Paris. Private collection. By about 2008, sold by Jeremy Ltd. (dealer), London to Philip Hewat-Jaboor, London; 2010, consigned by Hewat-Jaboor to Carlton Hobbs (dealer), New York; January 2011, sold by Carlton Hobbs to Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2014, year-end gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)