Casque Collection

Uniform of the Kings Bodyguard, Garde-du-corps de roi, Louis XVIII pf France. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de la France

Minerve Sans Casque
A marble sculpture of a head, belonging to Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare, who is usually depicted wearing a helmet, but not in this example. Date: circa 1896

Woman in pansy dress with straw-coloured apron, bonnet with white lace. Handcoloured lithograph by A. Carrache after an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Les Modes Parisienne sous

Casque or helmet pitcher from Sinceny, France, 18th century, Oriental birds and flowers and mans head at the spout. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Ceramic ewer in the shape of a helmet, Rouen, France. Decorated with fleur de lys, a mans head, foliage in blue and gold. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient

Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duke of Berry, 1778-1820. In the uniform of the Gardes du corps de Monsieur. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroixs Costumes Historiques de

Etienne de Vignoles, La Hire, French military commander 1390-1443. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a figure in the manuscript Chroniques de Monstrelet in Roger de Gaignieres

KNIGHT AT TOURNAMENT
The victor - a knight at a tournament removes his casque and accepts the plaudits of the crowd

Carved Hornbill Skull
Casque of a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) carved to depict a Chinese battle scene set in a town by a river. There also features a figure holding a flag bearing the Chinese w鮠 character

CASQUE D OR real name : Amelie-Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette who achieved lasting fame when two apache (gangster) friends came to blows over her

CASQUE D OR PAINTED
real name : Amelie Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette, gangsters moll who achieved fame after a fight between rival admirers : here she is being painted by Albert Depre

CASQUE D OR DRESSED
real name : Amelie Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette, gangsters moll who achieved fame after a fight between rival admirers : dressed here as a femme du monde

CASQUE D OR POSTCARD
CASQUE D OR real name : Amelie Elie Noted Parisienne gigolette who achieved lasting fame when two apache friends came to blows (vitriol) over her

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