- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Round shield made from metal, the front is engraved and inlaid with lacquer. [FC 18/08/2010]
- Long description
- Round shield made from metal, the front is engraved and inlaid with lacquer. The front of the shield is engraved and inlaid with white metal curvilinear design inlaid with red and green lacquer. There are four bosses on the front of the shield decorated with a floral design. At the back of the shield is a padded square covered with green textile edged with leather. There are four metal hooks attached, one at each corner of the square. Attached are two textile handles stitched with red cotton yarn. [FC 18/08/2010]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source The Council of Cheltenham Ladies College
- PRM source Cheltenham Ladies College
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1940
- Date collected
- By 1940
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Metal, Material Brass Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Textile, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Inlaid, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Forged (Metal), Process Lacquered Varnished
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 280 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.7.0378
1940.7.0378
Round shield made from metal, the front is engraved and inlaid with lacquer. [FC 18/08/2010]
1940.7.0378
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