2024 Star, Snowflake, and Angel Tree Ornament Set*The Met Store Online

An art ornament set inspired by The Met collection.

Our golden star and silvery snowflake ornaments celebrate two spectacular shields in The Met’s Arms and Armor collection. Our 2024 star honors a spectacular German shield belonging to a small 16th-century garniture (a suit with modifiable elements) forged for the Elizabethan courtier Sir John Smythe (1534–1607). The original shield is stamped with a mark consisting of the letter “A” within a pearled circle on the interior. The exterior is wonderfully etched and gilded, with cartouches featuring allegorical figures of Fortune, Justice, and Fortitude.

This year’s snowflake adapts the magnificent detailing on an Indian shield, or dhál. Forged in the 19th century, the shield boasts an extraordinary example of the koftgari…See More