'The Milton Shield', a Victorian electroplated and electrotyped oval shield by Elkington & Co., decorated with scenes from 'Paradise Lost' in relief and heightened with borders of gilding, after a design by Morel Ladeuil, signed 'Morel Ladeuil Fecit 1866' and 'Elkington & Co', 85.5cm (34in) high, with a velvet covered wooden backing board See: Brett, Vanessa 'Sotheby's Directory of Silver', p. 301, no. 1410 for an illustration of a similar example. Vanessa Brett notes that 'The original in silver (of which this is a copy) and damascened iron, made for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London'.
'The Milton Shield', a Victorian electroplated and electrotyped oval shield by Elkington & Co., decorated with scenes from 'Paradise Lost' in relief and heightened with borders of gilding, after a design by Morel Ladeuil, signed 'Morel Ladeuil Fecit 1866' and 'Elkington & Co', 85.5cm (34in) high, with a velvet covered wooden backing board See: Brett, Vanessa 'Sotheby's Directory of Silver', p. 301, no. 1410 for an illustration of a similar example. Vanessa Brett notes that 'The original in silver (of which this is a copy) and damascened iron, made for the Paris Exhibition of 1867 is now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London'.
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