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A COLLECTION OF TEN PLASTER ARMORIAL SHIELDS
Lot 434

A COLLECTION OF TEN PLASTER ARMORIAL SHIELDS

19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 4,750

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A COLLECTION OF TEN PLASTER ARMORIAL SHIELDS
19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
One inscribed 'E ERANSI DEBO XOLS CAPITA ANNO 1484 886'
The tallest: 25 in. (64 cm.) high (10)

Some attributed to D. Brucciani & Co., and almost certainly from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Specialist note

The Fleur-de-lis decorated shield is cast from the marble original by Jean Péplin de Huy's workshop the tomb of Robert d'Artois (c.1298-1317).