‡ A RARE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND TARGE, 19TH CENTUR... Lot n° 189

‡ A RARE SCOTTISH HIGHLAND TARGE, 19TH CENTURY formed of two circular layers of wood set at right angles to the grain, the outer face covered in tooled leather decorated with geometric designs, the centre fitted with a low domed copper alloy boss enclosed by a broad panel of traditional interlace, the remaining surface set with six further bosses and twelve near triangular copper alloy panels on a ground of low domed copper alloy washers retained by iron nails, and the inner face retaining four square portions of early enarmes retained by iron nails (areas of wear, small losses), 49.0 cm diameter A targe of related type in the collection of the Duke of Argyll, Inverary Castle is illustrated Culloden 1996, p. 58, 4:6.