A rare Spanish circular wooden fencing buckler late 16th/ early 17th century. of shallow convex lightweight construction, with central cut-out for the hand capped over the outside by a domed iron boss, its base extending to form a four-pointed rosette decorated with symmetrical patterns of slotted scrollwork, the inner face of the hand-guard retaining its original leather lining and textile fringe, with a lateral reinforcing spar fitted horizontally across the inner diameter and also forming the single grip, the latter with its original fishskin , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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Size: 3693px × 3695px
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