Buckler

British, Wrexham, Wales

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 380

Carried in one hand and used together with a sword for personal defense, this buckler is one of a distinctive group made near the English-Welsh border town of Wrexham. The construction melds the decorative and the functional by using brass-capped iron rivets to attach concentric steel rings to a central domed boss over a wood and leather backing. The result is both eye and sword catching.

Buckler, Iron, pigskin, brass, wood, fiber (flax), linen, British, Wrexham, Wales

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