Javelin
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1864
Materials
Oak, Steel
Measurements
244 cm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
NT 421893.11
Summary
1 of a set of 12 Sheriff’s javelins; oak haft and bright steel spear-head with slotted-through axe-head; the spear-head has armorial crests in relief on either side: a hand holding a shuttle (Shuttleworth), and a goldfinch in a crescent (Kay)