For this shield, because of the uncovered gold koftgari oval inside the floral decoration with a dated Persian example of 1838, would attribute this shield to the second quarter of the 19th century.
Also, because of the use of a popular Persian decorative rose, namely the chisel work creating the rose floral decoration in the central portion between the gold koftgari, would attribute this shield as Persian. The Persian (Farsi) word for shield is sipar.
This time period was part of the Qajar Dynasty(1781-1925), Faht Ali Shah was the ruler from 1797 to 1834 and Mohammad Shah Qajar ruler from 1834 to 1848. Seems likely this sipar made during the reign of one of these two Shahs.Link to Mohammad Shah
Qajar
Link to Faht Ali Shah
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