Shield
Category
Arms and armour
Date
1720
Materials
Baize, Leather, Wood
Measurements
495 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Scotland
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Dalton Castle, Cumbria
NT 418304
Summary
Scottish round wooden shield, covered in black leather, c. 1720; decorated with dome-headed brass nails, some painted silver, around a central boss (missing) and eight satellite bosses. Backed with moth-eaten red baize. Wood in three panels one broken loose. Leather dry and flaking. diam. 49.5 cm; 19½in. Wadham collection (see DAL.A.1)
Provenance
Part of the collection of armour acquired by Colonel Edward Wadham of Millwood, a late 19th-century agent to the Duke of Buccleuch. The whole collection was bought by Wadham at a sale in London. Some of it was kept by Wadham at Millwood; the rest was hung on the wall of the staircase at Dalton Castle. The armour in the castle was given to the Trust by the Duke of Buccleuch in 1965.