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Glad if you have link for other posts/ site about targes
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Small all bronze scottish shield,
Sure not the same but they exists, earlier target models... |
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Interesting ! Thank you !!
Can you tell us from wich book the drawings come from ? |
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14.5" is way to small for a strapped shield unless for a child and then it would be to heavy. At that size the whole elbow is exposed and that's a big no no, this thing is definitely decorative only.
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Location: Wirral
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I have seen similar supposed targes which were actually repurposed decorative side table tops
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Join Date: Sep 2017
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I was told by the vendor (selling his deceased father's collection: what a dispiriting task) that this was made in the 1960s as an exact reproduction by someone who specialised in the activity.
I was never given the name and wondered if anyone could verify this detail and perhaps elucidate further. Included was this custom made dirk (with an 11inch blade) commissioned by a member of the McCulloch clan in the early 1900s but I don't think the targe is that old. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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I agree - looks like a Victorian copy to me too. But a very nice one. i think they are becoming collectibles in their own right.
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