Leopard holding a shield

Manufacturer Elkington & Co. British

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This electrotype is after the 1600–1601 original in the treasure of the Kremlin, Moscow. It was probably a gift to Elizabeth I, sold by the "Great guilt Cuberd of State" in 1626, purchased by Tsar Mikhail Romanov in 1629.

Leopard holding a shield, Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963), Silver on base metal, British, Birmingham, after British, London original

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Leopard holding a shield, Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963), Silver on base metal, British, Birmingham, after British, London original
Leopard holding a shield, Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963), Silver on base metal, British, Birmingham, after British, London original
Leopard holding a shield, Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963), Silver on base metal, British, Birmingham, after British, London original

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