AN ETCHED CIRCULAR SHIELD IN 16TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY of convex form, fitted at its centre with a writhen spike on an elaborately pierced foliate washer, roped brim, decorated over its full surface with bold scrolls of foliage divided into quarters, and additional running pattern at the border, and studded with lining rivets around the brim 58.5cm; 23in diameter