The Battersea Shield is a sheet bronze shield dating to circa 300 BC. It was dredged from the River Thames in the UK, and probably was deposited as a ritual gift to the spirits of the River, as were many other pieces of bronze, iron work and human skulls that have found themselves into the Thames and other rivers. Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Indo-Persian Dhal Shield A shield is a protective device, meant to intercept attacks. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 350s BC 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC Years: 305 BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC - 300 BC - 299 BC 298 BC... Several places exist with the name Thames, and the word is also used as part of several brand and company names Most famous is the River Thames in England, on which the city of London stands Other Thames Rivers There is a Thames River in Canada There is a Thames...

The Shield is decorated with repoussé decoration and enamel. The decoration is typically Celtic in terms of art style consisting of circles and spirals. Repoussé bracelet by Thomas Feeser, ©2005. ... In a discussion of art or technology, enamel (or vitreous enamel, or porcelain enamel in American English) is the colorful result of fusion of powdered glass to a substrate through the process of firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. ... The word Celtic can refer to: the European Celtic people, ancient or modern the Celtic languages, spoken by these people and their modern descendents the Celtic (Lusitania), Celts from the Alentejo. ...

It has been suggested it was a decorative piece and would not have been an effective shield in combat.

See also La Tène culture. The La Tène culture was an Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland, where a rich trove of artifacts was discovered by Hansli Kopp in 1857. ...