Switzerland, Lucerne (?), attributed to Hans Jakob Bucher
1692
Pot metal, white glass, silver stain, and enamel
40.6 x 33.0 (16 x 13)
Considerable distortions due to mending leads
Provenance: Benjamin Altman, New York
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: 14.40.735 (European Sculpture and Decorative Arts)
Arms: Quarterly, land 4 a pair of winged and clawed feet conf ronted argent (Cysat), 2 and 3 or a mill rind sable between three fleurs-de-lis azure (Pfyffer von Altishofen); crests : (LEFT) on a barred helm to sinister a ducal coronet, a pelican in her piety proper, mantling of the colors l and 4, (RIGHT) on a barred helm to sinister a ducal coronet, a demi-man with a mill rind sable on his breast, holding in his dexter hand a battle ax all proper and in his sinister hand a fleur-de-lis azure, mantling or and sable
Inscriptions: D. IODO CVS GVALTE/RUS CYSAT CHORHERR UNO / QVOTIDIANER DER ALT / ADELICHEN STIFFT ZU MUNSTER / ANNO 1692; IHS (above arms)
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