An antique silver plate ornamental shield in Renaissance style, French or English, third quarter 19th century, circular and convex, the front with repousse, engraved, and decoration of a central roundel with a two-headed figure battling various creatures surrounded by a continuous scene of the Massacre of the Innocents in classical style within a border of putti, serpents, and foliage, a small indistinct maker's mark inside the rope twist edge, 62 cm diameter, 6 cm deep