Basic info

Collection

Military History

Object name

Gorget

Object category

Armour

Description

Steel Gorget, fastened on the right with a stud and rivetted on the left to enable the piece to be opened. Two leather straps, either side, to allow the piece to be fastened to the shoulder and arm guards. Painted black on the outside.

Production date start

1600

Production date end

1700

Period

Tudor

Elizabethan

Stuart

Jacobean

Charles I and Civil War

Commonwealth

Restoration

William and Mary