Halberd
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Copper, Cotton, Silk, Steel, Velvet, Wood
Measurements
2740 mm (Length)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1170502.1
Summary
Halberd. With shaped steel blade, shaft covered with stamped velvet and copper nails, cotton and silk tassels, inscribed crudely 'GR'. Decorated for court ceremonial. Part of a collection of eight halberds.
Provenance
Amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
GR (crudely inscribed)