Corpus Vitrearum USA

Devoted to scholarly analysis and investigation of Medieval and Renaissance stained glass

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HERALDIC SHIELDEngland
16th century
Pot metal glass
10.2 x 9.6 (4 x 3 3/4)
Surrounding glass added

Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London; George D. Pratt, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Bibliography: Maurice Drake, The Grosvenor Thomas Collection of Ancient Stained Glass, pt. 2 [exh. cat., The Charles Gallery] (New York, 1913), no. 19.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 41.170.102 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

Arms: Argent a lion rampant gules

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