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A RARE SCOTTISH TARGE SHIELD

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
A RARE SCOTTISH TARGE SHIELD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will a
Very seldom encountered, of characteristic planked construction, covered in deeply-patinaed leather. The surface set with brass studs in geometrical motifs, a hemispherical brass boss at the center. The reverse covered in worn leather with vestiges of slings. Mid-late 18th century.Worn.Diameter 48.7 cm.
Condition II