A 368-YEAR-OLD leather jug made from Oliver Cromwell's war horse was today going under the hammer for auction.
The huge tankard was produced for the famous Parliamentarian who overthrew the monarchy to mark his status as Lord Protector of the British Isles in 1653.
It was one of a dozen been made from the hide of Cromwell's dead horse Blackjack and it would have been used to carry water or ale.
A few years later the 2ft tall jug was deposited at the family bank C. Hoare and Co. in London and left there.
It fell into the ownership of the Hoare family and has been passed down from generation to generation.