Property from the Collection of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
A Household Cavalry officer's full dress helmet of the Life Guards, late 19th/early 20th century
No reserve
Lot Closed
June 9, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
the polished helmet with insignia and chain chin strap, held in a chamois leather bag within a toleware hatbox labelled HAWKES and Co. Piccadilly London with an engraved label for R.G. Howard Vyse Esq. / Royal Horse Guards , together with a horsehair plume held in a fabric bag within a black-painted fitted tin with engraved plaque for Viscount Gough GCB / Royal Horse Guards
the helmet tin: 36cm high; 14 ⅛ in.
the horsehair tin: 51cm high; 20 ⅛ in.
Major General Sir Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse, KCMG, DSO, JP, DL (1883– 1962)
and
(plume tin) Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, KP, GCB, GCSI, PC (1779–1869).