Description
Contents of the Tudor & Elizabethan Box –
- Selection of Tudor & Elizabethan portrait pictures
- 16th Century Royal Banner flag
- Bust of King Henry Vlll
- Bust of Queen Elizabeth 1st
- Bust of William Shakespeare
- Bust of Yorick – From Shakespeare’s Hamlet
- Fabulous Model of ‘The Horned Helmet’ – One of the most mysterious objects in the Royal Armouries’ collection is the ‘Horned Helmet’. This bizarre headpiece was commissioned in 1511 by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I as a gift for the young King Henry VIII. The helmet would have been part of a full armour, worn by King Henry for court pageants.
- Small Jousting Helmet Model
- Replica Coins – Henry VIII groat and Elizabeth I sixpence
- Ancient Cross – The King’s Great Matter
- Laminate of The King’s Great Matter
- Two Replica Pieces of Tudor pottery
- Replica Tudor Spoon
- Wooden Trencher – used by the poor
- Piece of Pewter – used by the rich
- Set of Keys – Attached to a belt as a sign of owning property & therefore great wealth.
- Tudor Headwear – Coif
- Pattens – Wooden Shoes worn in Tudor times
- Replica Tudor Oil Lamp
- Tudor Jewellery – Ring, Bangle & Ann Boleyn Necklace
- Tudor Game – Fox and Geese
- Playing Cards with Games Sheet
- Tudor Goblet
- Cup and Ball Toy
- Pewter inkwell
- Feather Quill
- Clay Pipe
- Potato
- Lucet & Yarn
- Tudor Thimble
- Tudor Rose
- Set of Bowls – derived from the legendary game played on Plymouth Hoe by Sir Francis Drake, conqueror of the Spanish Armada.
- Model of Henry Vlll Ship – The Mary Rose
- Model of Sir Francis Drake’s Ship ‘The Golden Hinde’
- Information Pages – on memory stick (Notes and information pages provided with the collections are gratis and do not form any part of the sale)
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