IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 162561 accession number: TEMP-AA-ARMOURWITHOUTNUMBERS27 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 10 March 2022 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Of steel, circular and formed in a shallow dome, etched with a central star with a diabolical head, surrounded with concentric star-shaped bands of calligraphy (illegible) and fishes in in scrolling foliages, with eight figures in medallions around the outside. The rim is bordered with a wide band of etched calligraphy. There are four bosses, with pierced lugs inside. The shield is lined with red cotton. The lining is stained and extensively damaged especially round the edge. title: shield LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162561 SUBJECTS ------------------- Qajar helmet CATEGORIES ------ category: armour category: Persian armour DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1899 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1899 DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 550 dimension: Weight units: g value: 3240