16th century round shield
 

Another beautiful item which landed into my collection. A 16th century shield, German or Italian i think judging by the style.
A rondal spike in the middle with a spiral motive running from top to bottom, with leaves at the base. Spiraling pattern shield with a reinforced rim.
All lovely words, but to be honest i have no deeper clue as to its origin or style. Any help is once again appreciated.

It would also be most helpful to get good source material on original handle or leather straps that used to be on the inside. I did find some examples but would be very interested to know how these would generally have looked like. And maybe, if it will prove not to intrusive i might get it restored so that it can be mounted with a complete armour. But that is a story for another time and a work in progress :o

Some more sources of similar shields

Another

A most attractive fluted shield. The design reminds me of linenfold paneling.

I'll add my own solitary shield of this sort - strictly munitions grade - really heavy and with what the seller described as a bullet-made test dent. 56 cm. diameter; 3.5 cm spike.

Thank you Lee for your input and showing your own shield. It follows the same build for the leather straps as my own shield too, with the spacing of the two pairs of fastening points/rivets being offset from one another. This allows for one larger leather strap with, most likely a belt buckle like the one shown in post 2.

Some useful pictures. I've recreated the strap arrangement from the Dutch print on my reproduction rotella, which gets used for reenactments.
Forgot to say, when this was discussed in another forum, some photos were posted of surviving examples that suggested that the red edging in the second painting was fringing.

I strongly suspect that the shoulder strap shown in Triarii's upper image would have been absolutely obligatory for carrying my example. Unfortunately, other than the rivets, nothing of the suspension has survived.

Here is another example of a top end example of these shields at the Met: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/27247