Scottish Targe MacKay
Order Code: MacKay

In JACOBITE times, targes were the highlanders' main means of defence in battle. A targe was a circular shield about 19" in diameter, with the front covered in tough hide, and the back in deerskin. The front was decorated with brass or silver studs and plates which occasionally had cut-outs, backed with red cloth (traditionally a piece of red-coat's uniform). The leather was usually tooled in Celtic patterns. Some targes had a lethal spike screwed into the central boss.

This targe is based on an original, which has the date 1623 inscribed on the central boss, and which belonged to SIR DONALD MACKAY, who later became the first Lord Reay.
It is now in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.

MacKay Targe. ONLY £195.00