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2nd March 2023, 12:30 PM | #1 |
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Glad if you have link for other posts/ site about targes
or a good reference book |
2nd March 2023, 06:34 PM | #2 |
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Small all bronze scottish shield,
Sure not the same but they exists, earlier target models... |
2nd March 2023, 07:56 PM | #3 |
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Interesting ! Thank you !!
Can you tell us from wich book the drawings come from ? |
2nd March 2023, 11:36 PM | #4 |
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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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3rd March 2023, 12:28 AM | #5 |
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I have seen similar supposed targes which were actually repurposed decorative side table tops
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3rd March 2023, 10:23 AM | #6 |
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modern targe
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. |
7th March 2023, 12:00 AM | #7 |
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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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