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19TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN ETCHED CIRCULAR SHIELD, IN LATE 16TH CENTURY STYLE
19th Century
With concave body drawn up to a central acute point, flattened rim with turned cabled edge, etched with bands of scrolling foliage radiating from the centre, with a band of strapwork foliage around the rim, the latter incorporating a series of brass-capped lining rivets on brass rosette washers, and with two pairs of stellate rivets for the enarms (the lining and enarms each missing).
22 5/8in (57.5cm)
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With concave body drawn up to a central acute point, flattened rim with turned cabled edge, etched with bands of scrolling foliage radiating from the centre, with a band of strapwork foliage around the rim, the latter incorporating a series of brass-capped lining rivets on brass rosette washers, and with two pairs of stellate rivets for the enarms (the lining and enarms each missing).
22 5/8
Provenance
S.J. Whawell Collection, London, 1925
Special notice
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