THE KING OF HANOVER'S SILVER-GILT SHIELD OF ACHILLES, Philip Rundell for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1823 cast and chased after John Flaxman's design, modelled with scenes from the 18th book of the Iliad, the reverse with four rings at the rim and centre for attaching enarmes, also engraved with the cypher and arms of Ernest Augustus King of Hanover and inscribed THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES/ DESIGNED AND MODELLED BY THE LATE/ JOHN FLAXMAN R.A./ EXECUTED AND PUBLISHED BY RUNDELL BRIDGE AND CO./ LONDON 1838 diameter 89.7cm, 35 3/4in approximately 22490gr, 723oz
THE KING OF HANOVER'S SILVER-GILT SHIELD OF ACHILLES, Philip Rundell for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1823 cast and chased after John Flaxman's design, modelled with scenes from the 18th book of the Iliad, the reverse with four rings at the rim and centre for attaching enarmes, also engraved with the cypher and arms of Ernest Augustus King of Hanover and inscribed THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES/ DESIGNED AND MODELLED BY THE LATE/ JOHN FLAXMAN R.A./ EXECUTED AND PUBLISHED BY RUNDELL BRIDGE AND CO./ LONDON 1838 diameter 89.7cm, 35 3/4in approximately 22490gr, 723oz
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