Antique Shields

The principal body is decorated with alternating shield-shaped panels set against a remarkably deep green enamel ground, which can appear nearly black under certain lighting conditio...

These antique chairs from France each feature softly scalloped crest rails over graceful lyre-shaped, open splat design backrests, with hand-painted heraldic shields accented by deli...

The lower portion of the incurved body is ornamented with embossed, convex fluted decoration below a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a talbot sejant erect with a shield. ...

The bowl is adorned with a relief band of classical motifs, including what appears to be a repeating heart or shield pattern around the rim. The substantial construction and decorati...

The top rail of one chair is carved with a full family coat of arms: a crested helmet above a shield held by two rampant lions, surrounded by scrolling foliage.

At top right is a collar section of gold chain linking two crowned blue shields, each with three crowns drawn on the blue, a gold sheaf at the center, and at each end a red and white...

At the center an arch of three openings is drawn in elevation, with Corinthian columns, a pediment over the central opening, friezes of arms and armor, spandrels heaped with shields ...

Figure 3 is a soldier in a cap and loincloth, otherwise bare, with a spear and an oval shield. Figures 4, 5 and 6 are statues: a man in cuirass and cloak with one arm raised, a young...

A gold collar (5) runs across the foot: two lions flanking a crowned shield with flags, and two red medallions with a crowned monogram, joined by chains.

At the foot two dark medals with gold borders hang from a gold chain (12), one with the crowned cipher and one with a crowned shield of three lions among hearts, and a dark cross wit...

On top of it stand a chariot with two figures drawn by a team of horses, two soldiers on foot with shields, and two horsemen, one at each end. At the upper left are smaller details: ...

The lower part of the sheet is given to figures from reliefs: a cloaked bearded man with raised hand (4), a group of three officers in cuirass and cloak (3), a man in cuirass and clo...

In the large upper band men in short tunics and cloaks fell trees with axes, one of them kneeling at a trunk, while others on a timber framed platform pass materials along; lattice t...

At the top are both faces of an octagonal gray medal (9): one shows a lion standing on a pedestal among flags, the other the date 1830 at the center of a ring of nine shields. Below ...

In the lower band an attendant with an axe leads a bull under a cloth decorated with leaves, followed by men carrying round and oval shields and a man in a toga. No source captions ...

Old print of Piton de la Fournaise, a shield volcano on the eastern side of Reunion island near the town of Saint-Philippe.

Cast brass button knobs and shield shaped escutcheons with faux keyholes. French polish finish.

GORGEOUS Antique French Framed HIGHLY CARVED Oak Aubusson Style Tapestry ~~c. early 20th century or older Popular classic French textile wall hanging~~beautifully carved figures/sh...

A broad circular aperture cuts directly into the shoulder of this earthenware vessel, allowing quick access to cooking salt while shielding the interior from moisture and steam near ...

The arms — a coronet above a shield with a distinctive triple rose branch — correspond closely with recorded examples of Antinori heraldry, reinforcing the attribution.

At the top a single ribbon carries two medals: a gold medal (11) with a crowned letter H within a laurel wreath, and a silver medal (12) with a crowned shield of arms showing an eagl...

At the foot are a gold medal (11) lettered within a laurel wreath and a silver medal (12) showing a crowned griffin holding a shield, both on yellow and red ribbons. The plate is he...

At the top (20) a pair of gold medals hangs from a pale blue ribbon: one shows a name within a laurel wreath tied with a bow, the other Britannia seated with a lion and a shield of t...

At the right a French grenadier levels his musket with bayonet while an insurgent raises his arm to strike, and the foreground is strewn with the fallen, a round shield, a crested he...

Under a dentil cornice the upper stage has a central arched niche with a crowned woman holding a cloth, a small tower at her side and a shield at her feet, flanked by two tall panels...

The flat lid carries the same strapwork and is crowned by a figure group: a standing woman in a blue gown and a kneeling child, together holding a large ornamented shield. The handle...

At the top, numbered 2, is a long rectangular lead trough in cool gray, its front divided by Gothic gables into bays that alternate small angels holding shields with lion masks. Belo...

At the right, lettered B, is a firedog whose scrolled shaft supports a youth with a shield standing on a dragon, with two crouching figures at its base.

Lock 3, the largest, shows standing figures, angels in the corners and a crowned shield with fleurs de lis on a yellow ground. The master key 4 lies across the upper right, the plain...

Each cabinets frieze showcases a baroque shield flanked by winged messenger's, scrolling acanthus foliate and grotesque Green Man figures.

The reverse bears a blue shield or beehive mark and the red-painted number 24481.

Its center is decorated with a crowned shield bearing three fleurs-de-lys, the historic emblem of the French monarchy and the House of Bourbon.

It is adorned with a distinctive semicircular shield shaped escutcheon lock plate and the original key.

The aperture is surrounded with a continuous floral frame. Four floral shields are spaced along the frieze, which is centred with an urn draped in floral swag.

In the middle row are a red and white cross (10) hung from a gold imperial crown on a red ribbon, with a disc (11) beneath; an eight pointed red and gold star (15) under a crown on a...

At the lower left, item 11 is the badge of the same design hung by its tower from a blue ribbon, with its round reverse drawn below: a blue ring around an open book, the left page sh...

At the foot two medals hang from one red and white ribbon: a gold medal (6) with a crown over crossed swords and a shield in a laurel wreath, and a silver medal (5) with a head in pr...

At the left a framed relief shows two legionaries in helmets and banded armor, each with a tall curved shield, standing in gabled sentry niches against a round wall of masonry, while...

At the upper right a five pointed white star over gold rays (1) has a blue ring around a gold eagle holding a shield with the cipher PI; its crowned badge (2) hangs at the lower righ...

Below it, item 11 shows a bronze medal with a crowned shield bearing a lion, set before flags, a cannon and drums, and a silver face with a crowned mantle around a script W, also on ...

In the middle are a gold rayed cross (2) under a crown on a red ribbon edged in green, its gold center showing a small scene with a kneeling figure, within Gothic lettering; a small ...

Across the top a frieze shows attendants with a round shield, a long handled mallet and an axe, two bulls covered with cloths decorated with leaves, and a bare chested attendant at t...

The wide upper band is a crowded battle relief: horsemen rear over fallen men and horses, a standing youth with a cloak over one shoulder fills the center, a rider at the right raise...

The body is decorated with a series of large, shield-shaped reserves featuring elaborate stylized phoenix birds set against richly textured goldstone enamel grounds.

The drawers are adorned with black inlaid shield-shaped escutcheons. Details Origin: Lucca, Italy Dating: c. 1850 (Luigi Filippo period) Condition: Excellent antique condition; ex...

The coat of arms sees a shield displaying a red cross adorned with stars and acorns below a knight’s helmet among red and white foliates.

The front is accented with a small applied shield form in the center, which has tested as 14k gold and adds contrast against the silver ground.

This night light is modeled in the Grotesque form of a seated tusked pig-like figure wearing a vivid green jacket and holding an elaborate, shield-shaped porcelain plaque decorated w...

At bottom left is a plain gold medal showing a laurel wreath, and at bottom right a pale blue medal with the crowned shield of Savoy, a white cross, between a palm and a laurel branc...

Below at left, "POCAHONTAS INTERCEDING FOR THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SMITH. 1606." shows a warrior raising a club over a prone man while a young woman kneels to shield him, watched by a gr...

Below are a pale blue cross in a wreath with a crown over crossed swords (3); a pale blue cross with a lozenged shield at its center, on a ring without ribbon (4); a pair of black cr...

Men in court dress and uniform gather round the table at the right and wait at the left. A shield with a pair of scales and a trophy of arms and flags hang on the wall, and a drawn c...

Among the emblems are an ox for the butchers, a hat for the hatters, a wheel and axe for the wheelwrights, a hammer for the thatchers, a ewer for the pewterers and a shield with a se...

The Science héraldique plates of the fourth volume set out the vocabulary of French blazon in sequence, each shield labeled with the term it illustrates, so that the series reads as ...

A simple interior where a young man sits beside the hearth next to a lamp, reading from a small volume to an old man sitting opposite him, shielding his eyes with one hand, while a w...

Between the principal medallions run smaller octagonal and shield-shaped devices, hooked latch-motifs and angular sprays, worked in madder red, indigo blue, soft green, brown and und...

The front is centered with a decorative pierced brass escutcheon (keyhole plate) of scrolling, shield-like form. Its openwork pattern has aged to a soft, darkened brass tone, and it ...

Equally impressive are the four sides of the box, which display an elaborate sequence of alternating dragon and phoenix motifs enclosed within shield-shaped reserves. The dragons, de...

The handle terminal is a design of an elongated shield with a simple, delicate, beaded border. Some interpret the design as a version of "Coffin End", which is a squared off end and ...

The shaped, moulded and fluted shield back with stunning crest, avian, sphere and foliate motif detailing to the central reserve is flanked with fabulous scrolling foliate and flower...