Record ID: NARC-151A67
Object type: MASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a large Visard mask (also spelled 'vizard'), worn by gentlewomen in the 16th and possibly into the early 18th centuries. The mask was found during the renovation of an inner wall of a 16th-century stone building. The wall was approximately four feet thick, and the mask was found concealed within the inner hard core of the wall, which consisted of soil, straw and horse hair (for insulation). The mask was folded in half, lengthways, and placed within a small rectangular niche behind the face of the wall. Due to the conditions when found, the mask has an amount of soil an…
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 9th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4D53A3
Object type: MASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval Lead hollow-cast mask, perhaps a ?toy, detailed grotesque features with prominent eyes, nose, forehead and cheekbones, stylised hair and beard, open pierced mouth with exaggerated lips, 20 x 32mm. Scar from casting sprue on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith', grid reference and parish protected.