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A Milton ShieldBy Elkington & Co., Signed Morel Ladeuil Fecit 1866
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,550 inc. premium
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A Milton Shield
By Elkington & Co., Signed Morel Ladeuil Fecit 1866
By Elkington & Co., Signed Morel Ladeuil Fecit 1866
Of copper electrotype coated with oxidised silver, of slightly convex oval form with roped border, the central circular panel depicting Adam and Eve addressed by the archangel Raphael, framed on either side with ovoidal panels depicting subjects from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', sixth book, the hosts of Heaven attacking the rebels who are driven out and fall to perdition, St. Michael waving his flaming sword over the dragon who appears in human form, Sin and Death appearing either side at the base, the border with Zodiac signs symbolising the rolling year and flight of Time, the upper part of the shield depicting angels and seraphs soaring high above the strife below flanking the emblem of all Light and Life and encircled by winged cherub's heads, the interior with applied oval plaque of the Victoria & Albert Department of Sciences & Art
85.5 cm. high
85.5 cm. high
Footnotes
The original of this shield was manufactured for the 1867 Paris Exhibition for which Messrs. Elkington were awarded a gold medal. The shield and medal and now in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Made originally by Morel Ladeuil, a pupil of the renowned French craftsman Antoine Vechte, Elkington manufactured a large number of electrotypes that were made for sale at the South Kensington (later Victoria & Albert) Museum. For more information see Patricia Wardle, Victorian Silver and Silver-Plate, 1963, pp. 149, 150 and 172








