covered with appliqués of gold. In the Guard-chamber of Windsor
Castle._]
Several splendid and historic suits are preserved in the Guard-room at
Windsor Castle. Among these, one, the suit of Prince Henry of Wales,
son of James I. (frontispiece), bears a remarkable resemblance to the
Jacobe suits, recalling especially the design of the Cumberland suit,
Plate IV. But for the alternation of thistles among the fleurs-de-lis
and roses between the bands of gilded ornament, the body armour in
both would be nearly identical. The monogram H.P. appears on the gilt
bands of strap and arabesque work. The gilding is in fine preservation,
and except that the steel was formerly a deep blue, in the Milanese
fashion, it is still as represented in the portrait of Prince Henry
in the possession of the Marquis of Lothian. It has been attributed
to William Pickering, Master of the Armourers' Company of London in
1608-9, on the faith of some payments made to him, which Mr. St. John
Hope has noted as follows: "In March 1613, a warrant issued under
sign manual, for the payment to Sir Edward Cecil of a balance of £300
due for armour value £450 for the late Prince Henry: and in July 1614
a warrant issued to pay William Pickering, Master of the Armoury at
Greenwich, £200 balance of £340 for armour gilt and graven for the late
Prince." The helmet somewhat resembles that of the Leicester suit,
but has a singularly stiff, vertically-ridged gorget with scalloped
edge, and heavier gauntlets. The leg-defences and sollerets do not
differ appreciably from those already noticed. A number of the extra
pieces and some of the horse armour belonging to the suit are preserved
with it. If really by Pickering he was a close copyist of Jacobe. An
apparently companion suit of Prince Charles is looked on with suspicion
by Lord Dillon. Another of Prince Henry's suits, presented by the
Prince de Joinville, and now in the Tower, was originally of blued
steel richly ornamented with classical designs in gold. There are also
in the Tower a fine suit made for Charles I. when a boy, some silvered
pieces, and the richly gilt and engraved armour presented to him by the
City of London.
[Illustration: PLATE VII.--Ornament on the tapul of the breastplate
belonging to the half-suit of the Earl of Essex, (fig 35) with the
original gilding slightly restored. In the guard-chamber of Windsor
Castle.]
[Illustration: FIG. 34.--_A part of the ornament of the Italian suit
(Fig. 33), drawn real size._]
Another suit at Windsor of extraordinary magnificence is that
represented in Fig. 32. It is, unfortunately, not well set up, and
differs considerably in construction from those hitherto noticed, and
is of later date than the Jacobe suits. The tassets are replaced by
laminar cuissarts extending to the knee, below which the suit is not
continued. The ornament is banded vertically, like that of the suits
previously figured, but is of a richer character. Its details and
colouring are reproduced on a larger scale in the helmet, Plate VI.,
which is combed, fluted, and of singularly graceful outline, with all
its fastenings, plume-holders, and the stiffly-ribbed gorget in most
perfect condition. The whole appears to be a specimen of rare French
armour, but nothing is known of its history. Even more sumptuous,
if possible, is the Italian suit, Fig. 33, which also exhibits some
peculiar characters, such as the single plates in place of the tassets
and the construction of the arm-defences and gauntlets. The setting
up in this suit is also unfortunately defective. The extraordinary
richness of the damascening and appliqué work is reproduced in
Fig. 34, in which a portion is sketched real size. Nearly all the
escutcheon-like appliqués have been picked off at some period, either
for mischief or for the gold. The original owner of this suit is also
unknown, but it may, with the one last described, have possibly been
a present to Prince Henry, whose passion for military exercises and
display is matter of history. The last of our illustrations (Fig. 35)
taken from suits in the Windsor Guard-chamber is a demi-suit of the
Earl of Essex, and is a war suit, something like a pikeman's, except
that the closed helmet was not worn by dismounted men. This is combed,
and introduces a shade or peak over the sight. It has no visor, but a
bavier in two pieces protects the face. It should perhaps be described
as a burgonet with gorget and movable mentonières. Probably only a
part of the suit is present, that for use on foot, and the helmet may
belong to the missing equipment for a rider, or if worn on foot it
would have been as an open burgonet. The Jacobe Album introduces us to
the burgonet and cabasset, a lighter morion, and shows that these were
used when fighting on foot by even the greatest captains. This suit is
also decorated in bands, a fashion almost universal during the reign
of Elizabeth. The breastplate is the peascod with tapul form, and the
cuissarts "à écrivisse" form the only protection for the legs. The
ornament is more finely and delicately chased than that of any suit yet
noticed. The design on the bands is an interlacing and knotted strap,
filled with arabesqued foliage enclosing medallions with emblematic
figures and flowers encircled by mottoes, as Futura præteritis, on a
ground etched down, but with foliage and bright points like grains of
seed, left on it. A part of this ornament is drawn full size in Plate
VII. There is a suit in the Tower attributed to the same Robert
Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was executed in 1601, also richly engraved
and gilt.
[Illustration: FIG. 35.--_Demi-suit of the Earl of Essex, with closed
helmet, magnificently engraved and gilt. From the Guard-chamber at
Windsor Castle._]
[Illustration: FIG. 36.--_Sword, probably of James I., with basket
hilt, entirely covered with raised gold damascening. Preserved in
Windsor Castle_.]
The suits now divided between Windsor and the Tower evidently formed
part of a single collection. Those at Windsor are placed on brackets
at such a height that they can only be inspected from a ladder, and
they sadly require setting up, in the way that Lord Dillon has mounted
those in the Tower. It is perhaps unfortunate that the national
collection of armour is so scattered, parts being, besides the great
collections at the Tower and Windsor, in the British and South
Kensington Museums, Hertford House, Woolwich Rotunda, and Dover Castle,
while most of the earlier English and historic pieces are still in
churches and cathedrals. If brought together, properly displayed and
added to in a reasonable manner by the purchase of such suits as that
recently sold in the Spitzer sale, a suit of fine quality and directly
connected with our national history, it might become worthy the
country, and rank in time with the great armouries of Vienna, Paris,
Madrid, Turin, or Dresden.
[Illustration: PLATE VIII.--The sword of Charles I. when Prince of
Wales, 1616. The hilt entirely covered with raised gold damascened work
on blue steel matrix; except the grip of silver wire work. Preserved in
Windsor Castle.]
Besides the half-dozen really magnificent suits in the Guard-chamber at
Windsor, there is a vast collection of arms and weapons in the North
Corridor, formed in a great measure by Her Majesty. Among these are
three swords intimately connected with our history. Of these, that of
Charles I. has a pommel and guard of steel overlaid with raised gold
damascening, and a grip covered with silver wire woven like basket-work
(Plate VIII.). The blade is decorated with Latin inscriptions in
Roman capitals along both margins, back and front, and in circles
at intervals. Between these are panels, alternately of emblems and
ornament, and of arabesqued scrolls, damascened so minutely that the
work is almost invisible until magnified. The small portion of the
blade in our figure shows the character of the work. The royal arms,
Prince of Wales' feathers, and date 1616 on the blade show that it was
made for Charles I. when Prince of Wales. The second sword, with the
magnificently-worked basket hilt of chased gold inlay on steel (Fig.
36), has a similar blade, marvellously fine arabesques taking the place
of the marginal inscriptions. It is otherwise nearly identical with
the last, the spread eagles, griffins, etc., being common to both. The
presence of the lion of England under a royal crown points to James I.
as its owner. The third sword (Fig. 37) is that of John Hampden. Its
blade is plain, but the hilt is of superb workmanship and of carved
steel. The grip is small, and, like the pear-shaped pommel, covered
with warriors in relief in Roman dress. The quillons are slightly
curved, and carved with pomegranates and foliage, with figures
reclining horizontally to form the extremities. The smaller front guard
over the blade, known as the "pas-d'âne," and most elaborately worked
with figures and medallions, is a prominent feature of the hilt. All
three swords bear the unicorn's head mark of Nuremberg, but the two
enriched blades can be identified, thanks to the assistance of Baron de
Cosson, as the work of Clemens Horn of Solingen, 1580-1625. There is a
similar sword in the Royal Armoury at Madrid, belonging to the suits
made by Desiderius Kolman for Philip II., and another is in the Baron's
own collection. The sword, as the emblem of knightly honour and faith,
was from the remotest times a vehicle for the richest decoration; but
it is doubtful whether any specimens were ever produced, even by the
combined efforts of the swordsmith and jeweller, to equal the work of
those here represented, which are not only connected with the history
of our country, but happily also the property of the nation.
[Illustration: FIG. 37.--_The sword of John Hampden, with hilt of
carved steel. Preserved at Windsor Castle._]
INDEX
d'Abernon brass, 36, 40
Acre, Siege of, 14
Agincourt, Battle of, 46, 48, 49
Aldborough Church, 33
Alençon, Duke of, 48
Alfred, King, 10
Allbright (armourer), 46
Almayne rivets, 70
Appleby Castle, 85
Archæological Institute, 30
Archers, 17, 20, 43, 46, 47, 58, 74-76
Armet, The, 58, 62, 65, 66, 82, 90
Armourers' Album, 81, 82, 86, 92
Armourers' Hall, 18, 86
Arthur, King, 7, 10
Ash, Effigy at, 40
Athelstan, 10
Augsburg, 81
Auray, Battle of, 44
Austin, William (armourer), 52
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 86
Badges, Heraldic, 20
Barres, William de, 22
Base, The, 70
Bassinets, 24, 29, 30, 32-34, 36, 46, 48, 56-61
Battle-axes, 45
Bavier, The, 58, 62, 65, 92
Bayeux Tapestry, 12, 32
Beauchamp, Richard. _See_ Warwick, Earl of
Beauchamp MS., 52
Beauvais, Battle of, 47
Beche, De (monument), 19
Beckman, 18
Beowulf, 9-11
Bills, 46, 76
Black Prince, The, 30, 32, 35, 40, 48
Blount, Sir Walter, 50
Böheim, Wendelin, 82, 85, 86
Bohun, Sir Humphrey de, 34, 42
Boileau, Etienne, 18
Boulogne, Siege of, 76
Bourgthéroude, Battle of, 14
Bows and arrows, 14, 43, 74
Brantôme, 78
Breastplates, 7, 22, 34, 35, 42, 47, 51, 52, 66, 69, 85, 86
Brescia, 81, 82
Brigandine, The, 42, 47, 56, 74, 75
British Museum, 6, 7, 10, 18, 52, 56, 61, 96
Brives, 30
Broadwater Church (helmet in), 60
Bromley, Sir Thomas, 86
Brooke, Sir George, 62
Brooke, Sir Thomas, 60
Bucarte, Lord, 86
Burgess Collection, 33
Burgonet, The, 65, 92
Burley, Simon, 34
"Byrnies," 9, 18
Cabasset, The, 92
Cade, Jack, 51
Camail, The, 32, 46, 62
Cambray, Battle of, 16
Canterbury, 30
Canute, 11
Capel family, 59
Caractacus, 7
Cassel, Battle of, 30
Cassivelaunus, 7
Cawne, Sir Thomas (effigy of), 40
Cellini, Benvenuto, 81
Chain-mail. _See_ Mail armour
Chamfron, The, 48, 89
Chandos, Sir John, 34, 44, 56
Chapelle-de-fer, The, 20, 29, 30, 32
Chariots, 5, 7
Charlemagne, 22
Charles VII., 62
Charles Stuart, Prince, 90, 91
Chausse and Chausson, 22, 23
Cheney, De, brass, 36
Christy Collection, 33
Clisson, Sir Oliver de, 44
Clypeus, The, 5
Cobham, 48, 62
Cognizances, 24
Commines, Philip de, 56, 61
Comnena, Anna, 12-14
Cornewall, Sir John de, 49, 58
Corselets, 66, 78
Cosson, Baron de, 30, 33, 51, 59, 60, 62, 65, 81, 98
Courci, Ralph de, 24
Courtrai, Battle of, 39
Coventry (sallad at), 58
Cracowes, 36
Crell, de, brass, 40
Cressy, Battle of, 43, 46
Crests, 20, 21, 29, 30
Crinet, The, 48
Crossbows, 14, 15, 43, 75
Crossbow-men, 16, 46
Cuir-bouilli, 28, 29, 34, 42
Cuissarts, 52, 85, 91, 92
Cumberland, Earl of, 81, 85
Damascened armour, 81
Danes, The, 12
Danish armour, 10
Daundelyon brass, The, 51
Daunt, Thomas, 48
Dillon, Lord, 20, 69, 70, 81, 82, 85, 86, 90, 96
Diodorus Siculus, 6
Dover Castle Collection, 18, 34, 75, 96
Easter Sepulchre, Lincoln, 22, 24
Edda, The, 11, 18
Edward I., 15-17, 32, 34
Elbow-guards, 39, 50, 52, 56, 66
Enamelling on bronze, 5-7
Enriched armour, 78-81
Epaulettes, 50
Essex, Earl of, 92, 95
Ethelwulf, 10
Evans, Sir John, 5
Evesham, Battle of, 14
Exeter Cathedral, 42
Falkirk, Battle of, 14
Flint, 7
Flodden, Battle of, 75
Florence, 81
Fluted armour, 73
Foix, Comte de, 49
Fram, The, 8
Francis I., 66
Frisian Pirates, 8
Froissart, 34, 39, 56, 61
Gambeson, The, 16, 19, 23, 28, 40, 46, 47, 55
Gardner, Mr. J. E., 18
Gauntlets, 39, 40, 56, 69, 70, 85, 90, 92
Gauntlets, Forbidden. _See_ Gauntlets, Locking
Gauntlets, Locking, 70, 85
Gaveston, Piers, 36, 39, 42
Gaynesford, John (his brass), 51
Genouillière. _See_ Knee-cap
Gildas, 8
Gilded armour, 7, 30, 40-42, 51, 73, 91
Gisors, Battle of, 15
Gloucester, Richard of, 24
Godwin, Earl, 11
Gordon, Adam (outlaw), 16
Gorget, The, 32, 34, 36, 56, 62, 65, 82, 90, 92
Gostwick, Sir John, 60
Grand-guard, The, 85, 90
Greaves, 23, 35, 36, 42, 74, 85
Gussets, 45, 48, 55, 69
Habergeon, The, 40
Haketon, The, 40
Halbards, 75, 76
Hampton Court, 62, 76, 78
Hanging arms in churches, 30
Harold, 12
Hastings, Battle of, 12, 14, 15, 20
Hatton, Sir Christopher, 82, 85, 86, 90
Hauberk, The, 16, 18, 19, 40, 46, 47
Hawberk, Sir Nicholas, 48
Helmets, 7, 12, 20, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 42, 56-66, 90, 92
Helm or Heaume, The Great, 20, 24, 28, 29, 48, 56, 60, 61, 62
Henry I., 14, 16
Henry II., 16
Henry III., 16, 20, 22, 24
Henry V., 46-50, 75
Henry VI., 32, 50
Henry VII., 59, 60
Henry VIII., 58-62, 66, 69, 70, 73-77
Henry Stuart, Prince, 90, 92
Hereford Cathedral, 30
Herrings, Battle of, 47
"Holy-water sprinklers," 76, 77
Hood, Robin, 16
Horn, Clemens (armourer), 98
Horse-armour, 15, 42, 49, 73, 90
Housings, 49
Ifield effigy, 39, 40
Innsbrück, 81, 82, 86
Jacobe (armourer), 82, 86, 90-92
John of Eltham (his effigy), 36, 39, 40
John, King, 15
Joinville, Prince de, 91
Joppa, Battle of, 14
Julius Cæsar, 5, 7, 11
Katharine of Arragon, 8, 70
Knee-caps, 22, 29, 35, 36, 42, 52, 66, 85
Kolman, Desiderius (armourer), 98
Lambespring, Bartholomew (goldsmith), 55
Lancaster, Earl of (Edmund Crouchback), 36, 42
Lances, 44-46, 74
Langford, William, 34
Le Botiler, 24
Lee, Sir Henry, 82, 85, 86
Leicester, Earl of, 81, 86
Lewes, Battle of, 22
Lincoln, Battle of, 14, 15
Littlebury effigy, 36
Long-bows, 75
Lothian, Lord, 90
Louis XI., 49, 59, 62
Lucas, Mr. Seymour, 65
Madrid armoury, 98
Magnus Barefoot, 12
Mail armour, 9, 12, 13, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27, 29, 45-47
Mantling, 32
March, Earl of, 42
Matthew of Paris, 24
Maule, Peter de, 24
Maximilian, The Emperor, 58, 66, 70, 73, 74
Melsa, Sir John de, 33
Men-at-arms, 43, 46, 47
Mentonière, The, 65, 92
Meyrick, 6, 65, 73
Milan, 82
Milanese armour, 52, 81
Missaglias, The (armourers), 52, 56, 69
Montfort, Simon de, 24
Montlhéry, Battle of, 47, 75
Monstrelet, 36
Morat, Battle of, 76
Morions, 78, 92
Musée d'Artillerie, 34
National Portrait Gallery, 22
Neck-guard, The, 52
Nottingham, Siege of, 14
Noyon, Battle of, 24
Nuremberg, 81, 98
Parham Collection, 18, 19, 34, 56, 61
Partisan, The, 75, 76
Paton, Sir Noel, 30, 33, 56
Pauldron, The, 69, 85, 86
Peascod, The, 92
Pembridge, Sir R., 30
Pembroke, Earl of, 22, 85
Pennant, 81
Petticoat, The, 50, 69
Philip II., 78, 98
Pickering, William (armourer), 90
Pikes, 75, 76
Pistols, 78
Plastron-de-fer. _See_ Breastplate
Plate armour, 21, 22, 28, 29, 45, 47, 50, 74
Pliny, 6
Poitiers, Battle of, 43, 46, 49
Portland, Duchess of, 81
Pouleynes, 36
Pourpoint, The, 16
Quatremayne brass, The, 56
Queen Mary's Psalter, 39, 42
Rayne Church, 65
Richard I., 10, 14-16, 20-22, 24
Robert of Normandy, 22
St. George's Chapel, 61
St. Pol, Comte de, 49, 62
St. Stephen's Chapel, 42
Sallads, 33, 57-59, 61, 62, 75
Sandwich, effigy at, 40
Scale-armour, 21
Scandinavians, The, 9, 22
Schloss Ambras, 82, 86
Seusenhofer, Conrad (armourer), 66, 70
Seusenhofer, Jörg (armourer), 82
Shields, 6, 19, 44
Shirland, Sir Robert de, 15
Shoulder-pieces, 39, 50, 52, 66
Shrewsbury, Battle of, 49
Sollerets, 36, 51, 56, 66, 69, 70, 90
Somerset, Duke of, 60
Sommers, Will, 73
South Kensington Museum, 65, 81, 82, 96
Spitzer Sale, 82, 85, 96
Spurs, 24, 39, 51
Staff-weapons, 75-77
Stafford, Sir Humphrey, 51
Standard, Battle of the, 14
Standard of mail, The, 47
Stephen, King, 16
Stevyns, Thomas (armourer), 55
Stothard, C. A., 22, 39, 40
Strutt, 12, 81
Sulney, De (brass), 36
Surcoats, 27, 35, 39, 40, 42, 46, 48
Sussex, Earl of, 85
Sword, Charles I.'s, 96
Sword, James I.'s, 96
Sword, John Hampden's, 96
Swords, 10, 85, 96-98
Swords, Legendary, 10, 11
Tabard, The, 48
Tacitus, 7, 8, 12
Tancred, 10
Tapul, The, 69, 85, 92
Tassets, 48, 50, 69, 85, 91, 92
Temple Church, The, 22
Topf, Jacob (armourer), 82, 86
Tower, The, 18, 20, 33, 66, 75, 76, 85, 86, 95, 96
Tuilles, 50, 51, 52, 66
Valence, Aymer de, 36, 39, 42
Vantail, The, 20
Venice, 81
Vere, De, 23
Verneuil, Battle of, 47
Vimose, 9
Vinsauf, 21
Visor, The, 32-34, 46, 56-60, 65, 66, 82
Viterbo, Battle of, 49
Wace, 15
Wallace Collection, 33, 86, 96
Wallace, William, 17
Waller, J. G., 19
Warwick Castle Collection, 18, 34, 36, 48, 73
Warwick, Earl of, 17, 51-55, 56, 66
Weaver, 39
Westminster Abbey, 36, 48, 61
Westmoreland, Earl of, 40
Whatton effigy, The, 40
William the Conqueror, 12, 20
William Longespée, 19, 22, 23
William the Outlaw, 16
William of Toulouse, 30
Wilton House, 85
Windsor Collection, 81, 90, 91, 92, 95, 96
Windsor Tournament, The, 29, 39
Woolwich Collection, 18, 33, 56, 61, 96
Worcester, Earl of, 85
Zouche, Lord, 56
_Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, LIMITED, _Edinburgh_.
[Illustration: PLATE I.--Painted Wooden Shield of the Fifteenth
Century. Burges Collection, British Museum.]
FOREIGN ARMOUR
IN ENGLAND
_By_
J. STARKIE GARDNER
[Illustration]
LONDON
SEELEY AND CO., LIMITED, GREAT RUSSELL STREET
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1898
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. INTRODUCTORY 5
II. CHAIN MAIL 17
III. GOTHIC ARMOUR 23
IV. ENRICHED ARMOUR 56
V. FIREARMS AND GUNLOCKS
By Major V. A. FARQUHARSON 84
INDEX 95
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
_COLOURED PLATES_ PAGE
I. Painted Wooden Shield of the fifteenth century. British
Museum _Frontispiece_
II. A Marauder of the "Bandes de Picardie." Mr. J. F. Sullivan 14
III. Half Suit, engraved and parcel-gilt. Duke of Westminster 24
IV. Gold Damascening on russet ground. Late Italian suit.
Tower of London 30
V. Breast-plate, embossed and parcel-gilt. French. Mr. David
Currie 38
VI. Casque of an Officer of the Guard of Cosmo de' Medici.
Mr. David Currie 44
VII. Lower part of enriched Chanfron. Suit of Charles I. when
prince. Tower of London 72
VIII. Two Wheel-locks. German and French. Of the seventeenth
century. Major Farquharson 84
_ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT_
1. Mail Hauberk from Sinigaglia. Sir Noël Paton's Collection 19
2. Standard Collar of Mail. Royal Artillery Institution 21
3. Gothic Armour. Said to be from the Church of Irene at
Constantinople. At Parham 26
4, 5. Gothic Armour. Said to be from an old mansion in the
Tyrol. Front and Back views. Sir Noël Paton's Collection 27
6. Gothic Armour. Probably Italian. Sir Noël Paton's Collection 29
7. St. Michael. By Perugino. National Gallery 31
8. The Battle of Sant' Egidio. By Uccello. National Gallery 33
9. Carved Relief from the Visconti Tomb in the Certosa at
Pavia. South Kensington Museum 35
10. German late Gothic Suit. Collection of Mr. Morgan Williams 42
11. Suit of Maximilian Fluted Armour. Belonging to Mr. Percy
Macquoid 43
12. Maximilian Armour from Eaton Hall. In the possession of the
Duke of Westminster, K.G. 45
13. Engraved Maximilian Breast-plate. Burges Collection in the
British Museum 46
14. Portrait. By Piero di Cosimo. National Gallery 47
15. Helmet. Presented by Maximilian to Henry VIII Tower of London 48
16. Cap-à-pie Suit of Henry VIII., on a Horse barded with
Embossed Burgundian Armour of the time of Henry VII.
Tower of London 49
17. Tilting Helm. Time of Henry VII. Westminster Abbey 51
18. Tilting Helmet. Early sixteenth century. At Penshurst 52
19. Tilting Helmet of an Ancestor of Sir Philip Sidney. Penshurst 52
20. The Sword of Battle Abbey. Fifteenth century. Collection of
Sir Noël Paton 54
21. Sword of the Fourteenth Century with Guard for the
Forefinger. Windsor Castle 54
22. German Armour. Date about 1570. The Duke of Westminster, K.G. 57
23. Suit of late Italian Armour. Embossed and damascened. Tower
of London 61
24. Fine Italian Breast-plate, c. 1550. Said to have been worn
by Philip of Spain. Collection of Mr. David Currie 63
25. Pair of fine Italian Gauntlets. Possibly belonging to the
same Suit as the Breast-plate. Collection of Mr. David
Currie 64
26. Embossed Gorget. French, c. 1550. Collection of Mr. David
Currie 65
27. Silver Armour of Charles II. when prince. Tower of London 67
28. Sixteenth century Armet of rare form, with double visor.
Mr. E. Cozens Smith 68
29. Suit of parcel-gilt Armour. Made for Charles I. when prince.
Tower of London 69
30. Richly Embossed and Damascened Target. Italian, sixteenth
century. Mr. David Currie's Collection 71
31. Target of Etched Steel. Italian or German, about 1550.
Mr. P. Davidson's Collection 73
32. Roundel, with National Badges and Inscription. Belonging to
Lord Kenyon 74
33. Hilt of Two-handed Sword with the Bear and Ragged Staff on
the Pommel and Quillons in chased steel. Penshurst 75
34. Venetian Cinquedea, engraved, with Ivory Handle. The Duke
of Norfolk 77
35. Main-Gauche with Steel Hilt. Belonging to Mr. Percy Macquoid 78
36. Main-Gauche with Silver Guard. Windsor Castle 79
37. Rapier with Silver Guard. Windsor Castle 79
38. Inlaid Ivory Cross-bow. Tower of London 81
39. Pistol by Lazarino Cominazzo. Collection of Major Farquharson 87
40. Early German Wheel-lock Pistol, used by the Reiters.
Collection of Major Farquharson 87
41. Richly Decorated Flint-lock. Probably Spanish. Collection
of Major Farquharson 91
42. Snap-hance of Italian make, about 1640. Collection of Major
Farquharson 91
43, 44. Highland Pistols. Collection of Major Farquharson 92
FOREIGN ARMOUR IN ENGLAND
I
INTRODUCTORY
A former monograph, _Armour in England_, treated of weapons and armour
made either in this country or connected historically with English
wearers. The more extensive field of foreign armour brought into
England by wealthy and enthusiastic collectors is now embraced.
The enthusiasm felt for armour is not surprising; its interest is so
many-sided. Not only are collectors fascinated by it, but students
of history, artists, and antiquaries. As mere decoration it appeals
to some, and finds a place in their abodes; but it is among artistic
people that its more ardent admirers are found. Hence it is far from
rare to find the glint of arms and weapons lighting up the artist's
walls.