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Arms of the City of Sursee

ARMS OF THE CITY OF SURSEESwitzerland, Lucerne (?)
1627
Pot metal, white glass, silver stain, and enamel
48.8 x 42.5 (19 1/4 x 16 3/4)

Provenance: Duveen Brothers, New York
Bibliography: Unpublished

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 13.58 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)

Arms: Per pale gules and argent (Sursee); repeated on banner
Inscription: DIE STATT SURSEE, 1627.

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