Posted 10 years ago
zeteibao
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I have this kind of shield, metal (can't be more precise :S), and I've never seen anything like this. It is beautiful, antique, but I have no idea of how old it might be, or who made it, or where it was made! Didn't find any kind of maker's mark or something! Anyone can help me? Thanks :D
Something similar: http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/19.htm
Elkingtons did a series of shields like this in the mid nineteenth century.
A Rosewater Dish.
Is this it?
The Battle of the Amazons.
Rosewater or sideboard dish.
Designer and chaser: Antoine Vechte (1799-1868).
Manufacturer: Elkington and Co. Circa 1851.
Electro-type, gilt and oxide. 28 inches diameter with the outer moulded border. Private collection, Paris, France.
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/metalwork/69.html
Yours seems to è missing the outer border.
Damn :O Thank you very much! I've been searching for this for quite a while.. thanks thanks :D amazing info!! I believe they call is "parade shield" as well :D or is it something different?
On the link you've sent " it is usually found without the outer moulded border and lion heads." :D
And - http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/metalwork/69b.jpg :D
There you go! A rarity I think !
Yes :D indeed! thank you very much for your precious info :D
De nada, ZETEIBAO!