. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . ainting appears to be of laterdate. Height, 31 in. 9. Targe, similar to the above, painted withfoliage and rosettes. Height, 32^in. Nos. 8 and 9 purchased in 1841. 10. Targe of Wood (German, XVIthCentury), covered with canvas painted with afigure of a spearman, surrounded by scrollwork on It has a semi-cylindrical ridge down the centre. 11. Targe of Wood, similar to the above,painted with two shields, the one bearinggules, a griffon rampant and the other gules, atower proper, over all a helmet with a griffonrampant for crest. 12.
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . ainting appears to be of laterdate. Height, 31 in. 9. Targe, similar to the above, painted withfoliage and rosettes. Height, 32^in. Nos. 8 and 9 purchased in 1841. 10. Targe of Wood (German, XVIthCentury), covered with canvas painted with afigure of a spearman, surrounded by scrollwork on It has a semi-cylindrical ridge down the centre. 11. Targe of Wood, similar to the above,painted with two shields, the one bearinggules, a griffon rampant and the other gules, atower proper, over all a helmet with a griffonrampant for crest. 12. Targe, similar to the above, but thesinister shield is charged with a decoratedlabel, almost obliterated. 13. Targe of Wood, similar to the above,painted with an armed figure and below ashield bearing gules, three swans argent 2 andI, the whole on a gilt ground. Round themargin is an inscription, almost the heraldry displayed and the generalstyle of decoration this piece probably be-longed to the same individual as Nos. i and 2. Height, (V, 10). CLASS V : SHIELDS. 193 14. Targe of Wood, similar to the above, painted with a fesse and ademi-Hon in , at the Bernal sale in 1855. 15. Circular Concave Buckler of Wood (XVIth Century), facedwith leather, having an iron umbo, spike and wooden hand-grip. Diameter, iQiin. 16. Buckler of Wood (XVIth Century), with lantern fixed near theupper edge for night attacks. The inside, painted with scenes from the life of Camillus, has a central arm-pad ofvelvet and leather straps. The face, ofleather, is decorated with gilt tracery. Diameter, 22in. Purchased at the Bernal sale in1855.
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