Arrow
Category
Arms and armour
Date
circa 1790
Materials
bamboo, steel, feather, paint and gold
Measurements
720 mm (Length); 750 mm (Length)
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1185203.4
Summary
Arrow with three-pointed steel tip. Top binding orange with gold trellis bordered red and gold bands. Bottom binding silver-gilt with floral border green and red. Three flight feathers. One of twenty eight arrows, the flight and tip bindings painted in red, green and black on gold. This display is a representative selection of the different decorative bindings found on arrows in the collection. Bamboo shafts.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and the Powis Estate Trustees in June 2010.