Lot Essay
The vendor, who worked on the film, apparently won the sword and helmet included in this lot, and the director's chair included in lot 12, in a raffle held at the end of picture party.
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First Knight
A prop sword of medieval knightly form with steel blade, plain cruciform steel hilt, flattened pommel decorated either side with an embossed blue acrylic painted cross -- 39in. (99cm.) long, and corresponding black plastic scabbard with black leather covering and strap; and a prop knight's helmet of moulded perspex, spray-painted silver, the shaped visor with applied relief cross motif to the front -- both made for the 1995 Columbia film First Knight -- a similar sword can be seen in the fight sequence involving Richard Gere as Lancelot; similar helmets are seen being worn by King Arthur's knights in the battle sequences (2)
A prop sword of medieval knightly form with steel blade, plain cruciform steel hilt, flattened pommel decorated either side with an embossed blue acrylic painted cross -- 39in. (99cm.) long, and corresponding black plastic scabbard with black leather covering and strap; and a prop knight's helmet of moulded perspex, spray-painted silver, the shaped visor with applied relief cross motif to the front -- both made for the 1995 Columbia film First Knight -- a similar sword can be seen in the fight sequence involving Richard Gere as Lancelot; similar helmets are seen being worn by King Arthur's knights in the battle sequences (2)