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Buckler
Unrecorded artist1630/50
- Attribution
- Italian or Spanish
- Medium
- Wood, iron, brass, gilding, silk velvet, and silk damask
- Physical dimensions
- Diam.: 57.1 cm (22 1/2 in.); Diam.: 57.1 cm (22 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
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This buckler was intended for use with a rapier. A steel collar around the rim reinforces the plywood core from sword cuts. At the front, a raised ring around the central steel boss was designed to catch and bind the needle-like point of an opponent’s blade.
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