A Qajar damascened steel shield, Iran, 19th century, with the central and four surrounding bosses moulded in the form of faces with engraved hair and facial details and rays, the dome engraved with a series of winged figures either side of an urn from which a lobed element and star emerges on a dense foliate ground, the outer border with a series of oval cartouches containing inscriptions, 55.5cm. diam.Some light rusting, losses to details, metal to rim with rusting