Escutcheon

 

Royal Imperial Technical School for Ornamental Ironwork, Hradec Králové, Bohemia, second half of 19th century

 

Forged, engraved, and filed iron. This copy of a fourteenth-century escutcheon is shaped into a Gothic portal with columns flanking the keyhole, spirals, and hammered leaf ornament.

H: 9.5 cm / W: 5.5 cm

UMP 4461