Lot 110
110
A RARE CIRCULAR PARADE SHIELD of iron, the outer surface faced with copper sheet, secured round the edges with ornamental iron rivets and embossed in relief with a scene showing the Judgement of Paris in a landscape inhabited by figures of Classical Gods, all within borders of cannon, trophies of arms and instruments involving cartouches containing reclining Classical figures (some damage and repairs), late 16th Century, Flemish or Italian

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A RARE CIRCULAR PARADE SHIELD of iron, the outer surface faced with copper sheet, secured round the edges with ornamental iron rivets and embossed in relief with a scene showing the Judgement of Paris in a landscape inhabited by figures of Classical Gods, all within borders of cannon, trophies of arms and instruments involving cartouches containing reclining Classical figures (some damage and repairs), late 16th Century, Flemish or Italian
22¼in. diam.

Lot Essay

The only other recorded embossed shield constructed in this way appears to be the so-called 'Spanish Shield of Honour' in the Royal Armouries (No.V-53), on which the facing is of brass. Dated 1579 this is now regarded as being Flemish in origin. See A. Borg, 'Two studies in the History of the Tower Armouries', Archaeologia, CV (1976), p.349 and pl.XCIIC

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