Strongbox
Category
Metalwork
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Iron, Paint
Measurements
425 mm (H)734 mm (W)430 mm (D)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1333584
Summary
Armada chest with nine catches, one missing with pierced iron plate. Two carrying handles. Painted orange inside and traces of paint on the outside. Small lockable compartment inside. 'These mostly date from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the equivalent of the modern day safe. They are commonly called Armada Chests' (M. Jessup).
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.