Musketeer, 1638 (carved wood)

The elaborately carved staircase at Cromwell House in Highgate, North London, was created during a re-modelling of the building in 1638 and featured a different carved figure from Cromwell's brigade on each newel; The left arm of this musketeer that would have held the musket and rest has been broken off; Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) gave the house to his daughter, Bridget, and her husband Henry Ireton (1611-1651); There are 9 figures all together and it is thought that there were another two representing Cromwell and Ireton themselves that were destroyed at the Restoration; The figures were stolen during the 1980s and have not been seen since; Cromwell House is now the Ghanain High Commission;