LATE 17TH CENTURY, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY RICHARD HOLDEN OF LONDON
细节
An English Lobster-Tailed Pot
Late 17th Century, almost certainly by Richard Holden of London
With heavy two-piece skull joined by a row of rivets and struck with a crowned 'IR' mark and a crowned maker's mark,'RH', pivoted pointed peak with three-bar face-defence, pointed neck-guard of three simulated lames, and iron rivets throughout (cheek-pieces missing)
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Richard Holden is first recorded in the minutes of the London Armourers' Company in 1658 and he died in 1709. He made two harquebus armours for James II between 1686 and 1687, one of which survives in the Royal Armouries collection (No. II. 123). See Howard L. Blackmore and Claude Blair, 'King James II's Harquebus Armours and Richard Holden of London', J.A.A.S, September 1991, pp. 316-334
The crowned 'IR' is the mark of the Board of Ordnance, which indicates that it had been passed for royal service and was Crown property
Late 17th Century, almost certainly by Richard Holden of London
With heavy two-piece skull joined by a row of rivets and struck with a crowned 'IR' mark and a crowned maker's mark,'RH', pivoted pointed peak with three-bar face-defence, pointed neck-guard of three simulated lames, and iron rivets throughout (cheek-pieces missing)
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Richard Holden is first recorded in the minutes of the London Armourers' Company in 1658 and he died in 1709. He made two harquebus armours for James II between 1686 and 1687, one of which survives in the Royal Armouries collection (No. II. 123). See Howard L. Blackmore and Claude Blair, 'King James II's Harquebus Armours and Richard Holden of London', J.A.A.S, September 1991, pp. 316-334
The crowned 'IR' is the mark of the Board of Ordnance, which indicates that it had been passed for royal service and was Crown property