Persian Iron Shield

For cleaning the oxidation from the silver koftgari used a mild metal cleaner called Flintz, dabbing a little onto a finger and rubbing a small area of the shield lightly, then wiping excess of with a clean cloth and repeat this procedure.

The Persian bowl is in the Moser Collection and dated 1838. In the cut-out section of the bowl and shield you see where the decorative motif of a leaf created by over laying gold onto the iron with a technique known as koftgari there remains an oval shaped area within the leaf where the iron is still visible leaving this additional design.