BATTLE SCENE PLATE, brass, Europe, 19th / 20th century

A wide wall plate with an elaborate iconographic theme/ span>

In its center there is an image of a city surrounded by fortified walls. Meandering rivers lead to the great gates, which connect with the rest of the composition. On the surface of the vessel there are piled up units of foot and horse troops.

The comb has a number of different panoply arrangements, embedded in four-sided panels.