Part of the finds from the Girona wreck. Purchased after a public appeal by the museum. The 12th piece to complete the set was subsequently found at the same site in 1998, and was supported by a grant in 1999 (see review number 4757).
Provenance
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, galleas Girona was wrecked off the North Antrim coast; 1967-9, treasure recovered by Stenuit, Belgian underwater archaeologist.