A British 'Albert Pattern' Officer's Helmet, Mid-19th Century

Almost certainly Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854) and thence by descent;

The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea and Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry, Christie's London, 23 May 2014, lot 436;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.

Almost certainly, Wynyard Park inventory, 1886, vol. ii, p. 380, monumental room, ‘helmet and white plume’.

Almost certainly, Wynyard Park inventory, 1949, p. 37, Monumental Room (2), ‘from 'The uniform of a Colonel in the 2nd Life Guards worn at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, comprising…a plumed helmet’.

The 3rd Marquess of Londonderry served as Colonel of the 10th Hussars between 1820 and 1843 and then the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards from June 1843 until his death in March 1854. After his death a 'Monumental Room' was erected at his seat Wynyard Park, County Durham, with a life-size marble effigy of the Marquess lying in state with his Life Guards helmet carved at his feet. The offered lot is likely the helmet he wore at the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in 1852.