Shield (1) - France - 20th Century

Old copper repoussé wall decorative plaque of French manufacture from the late 19th or early 20th century, depicting a knight in armor on horseback holding a banner before a fortified castle. Object features • Material: Copper repoussé (embossed) with a textured background. • Motif: A medieval armored knight mounted on his steed, bearing a lance with a pennant, with heraldic emblems on the horse’s caparison and a medieval castle in the background. • Shape: Heraldic shield (escutcheon) designed to be hung on the wall. • Usual period: Often dated to around 1900 to 1920 (historicist or neo-medieval style very popular in the Belle Époque).

Estimate:$134.31

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