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Full text : Illustrations of art manufactures in the precious metals exhibited by Elkington & Co.

THE  ELCHO

1RON  REPOUSSE.

♦

'HIS  S'iield  is  presented  by  Lord  Elcho  to
the  Volunteers  of  Great  Britain  to  be
shot  forannually  at  the  great  Wimbledon
Tournament,  and  is  held  for  them  by
Trustees,  to  whose  kindness  Elkington
&  Co.  are  indebted  for  permission  to
exhibit  it.
This  work  is  the  largest  ever  manufactured
  in  England  in  reftousse  iron,
being  six  feet  high,  and  great  difficulties
have  been  overcome  in  its  production.
Iron  was  chosen  because  of  its  indestructible
  qualities,  and  in  order  that  no  intrinsic
value  should  ever  tempt  cupidity  to  destroy  it.
The  Shield  is  divided  in  the  upper  portion  hexagonally,
  with  royal  armorial  bearings  at  each  side,

and  the  crown  in  the  compartment  at  its  suinmit—
Britannia  occupying  the  chief—from  which  is  suspended
  a  medallion  portrait  of  Her  Majesty  the
Queen  of  England.  A  border  of  thistles  and  roses
binds  the  lower  portion.  At  the  dexter  side  Queen
Elizabeth  reviewing  her  troops  at  Tilbury  is  represented,
  and,  as  an  equally  interesting  subject,  Queen
Victoria  firing  the  first  shot  at  Wimbledon,  upon
the  occasion  of  opening  the  Volunteer  competition.
Again  at  the  dexter  side  of  the  composition  is  a  view
of  the  Battle  of  Bannockburn,  fought  in  1314,  balanced
on  the  sinister  side  by  that  of  Flodden  Field,  fought
in  1513,  whilst  at  the  foot  an  English  and  Scotch
Volunteer  are  shaking  hands,  typifying  the  close  Union
of  the  two  countries.  It  is  designed  in  the  mediaeval
style  of  art  by  F.  Watts,  R.A.

DER  ELCHO

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Tilburg  abbaltenb,  wübrenb  jur  Siechten  eine  ebenfo  intcrcffantc  Sbatfache
  »or  Singen  geführt  wirb.
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ber  ßröffnung  beS  Jllotuntcer-bßveisfeiiiepens  in  äüimbleton  —  ten  erften
Sdiufi  abfeuernb.
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Sd>lad;t  bei  SBannocfburn  »om  Sabre  1314  angebracht,  her  gegenüber,
jur  Siechten,  man  bas  Schladitfelb  bei  gtobten  aus  bem  3abre  1513  er<
blieft,  loätitent  am  gufie  beS  ©dulteS  ein  englifdjer  unb  ein  fdjottifdier
Solunteer,  bie  ftd;  bie  •hünte  reichen,  targefteUt  ift,  um  bkvburcb  bie
innige  SSerbintung  ihrer  beiten  Sanier  anjuteuten.
®ie  Seichnung,  im  »lebiesai’fehen  Stijle  gehalten,  ifi  »on  g.  äßatts,
tönigl.  Slcabemiter.
            
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