Suit of armour
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1630 - 1670
Materials
Iron, Leather
Measurements
880 mm (H)470 mm (W)290 mm (H)220 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1328787
Summary
Suit of Cromwellian armour from the Civil War period consisting of a leather jacket worn under an iron breastplate. Leather belt across the shoulder and round the waist and suspended from the belt are 10 metal powder kegs and a larger metal keg known as apostles. Complete with iron helmet. Ferrous metal.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.