A catalog of the antiquities and works of art, exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861 (1869)
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, French, George Russell, 1803-1881, London (England). Ironmongers' Company · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 232
he pike in trenches, mountingbreaches, and in attacking or defending lodgments. It was retained as a weapon of defenceuntil the time of William III., and is still carried by the Yeomen of the Guard, in the reign ofOur present Gracious Sovereign Lady. Exhibited by the CORPORATION OF Cambridc.e.… … mouth of a dolphin. In the middle of the lock is carved Leda and the Swan ; and at theend is Hercules subduing the Nemsean Lion. This is a very fine specimen of the elaboratedetail introduced by the artist-armourers on their weapons. The illustration is full size. A French Steel Flint-lock,…
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