Armour for barriers, field, tourney and tilt; blued steel with etched and gilt decoration of alternate bands of thistles, Tudor roses and arabesques forming cartouches with HP monograms.
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Title: Armour for the field, tourney, tilt and barriers
Provenance: Made at the Royal Armoury, Greenwich under Jacob Halder (d.1608) and decorated with HP monogram (for Henry, Prince of Wales) Presented to Henry, Prince of Wales (1594 - 1612) by Sir Henry Lee (1533 - 1611), Elizabeth I's Champion and Master of the Ordnance.
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