Anglo-Saxon shields

[Erpingham]

That's a shame.  Most of the others still work, though.  The Australian one is interesting.

[Erpingham]

Incidentally, while looking for shield colour stuff, I spotted this.



Later and Polish but quite rare survival of shield painting, especially as this is an excavated example.

[Imperial Dave]

good find!

[Imperial Dave]

PS, here is a very informative article (although somewhat dated now) that goes into a lot of detail about Saxon shields in particular.

https://www.academia.edu/477692/Early_Anglo-Saxon_shields_Archaeologia_Monograph_110_._London_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London_1992

[Erpingham]

Thanks Dave.  May be a bit old but still frequently quoted a standard work.

This British Museum article may be of interest as it reconstructs the metalwork and strapping on shields and shows a couple of patterns which could be reproduced as gilt metals work on a plain ground .

[Imperial Dave]

a bit more recent and of great use so thanks for that Anthony