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Description: | Round, convex, steel shield with four domed and flanged bosses and rounded brass rim. Back lining of fine red cotton(?). Four rings for handle at back.
Circular, central field with spiralling panels of alternating plain and chiselled steel with naturalistic flowers: the central rosette and border with the surrounding border zone picked out in gold koftgari; the edge border with alternating oval and round cartouches of Persian(?) inscriptions in silver koftgari.
Companion piece: Helmet NCM 1987-2956
Round convex steel shield heavily decorated with floral designs in gold koftgari with a chiselled spiral in the centre and four decorated bosses. The bottom frieze is inscribed, probably in early Urdu. Brass rim. Back covered with red lining cloth stuffed with cotton wool. Four rivets, one with a small piece of the leather handle still attached. The inscriptions around the edge may be the names of prophets, as "Mohammad" has been translated on one section. Attributed to NCM's original Thompson collection by A. Mac Cormick.
Accession number: NCM 1987-2985 | Subjects: | armour INDO-PERSIAN arms and armour | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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