Switzerland
Dated beside arms 1686; in lower inscription 1682 (not original)
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamels
38.0 x 29.8 (15 x 11 3/4)
Upper heraldic shield and lower inscriptions not original to panel; numerous mended and unmended breaks
Provenance: Thomas Jefferson Penn, Reidsville, N.C.
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: Chingua Penn Plantation House (Reidsville, North Carolina)
Object/Accession: Unnumbered
Arms: (UPPER) Per pale argent and azure, a rose counterchanged (unidentified) (LOWER) Gules a stave or between M and R, surmounting a hillock vert (Michel Ritschhart)
Inscriptions: above arms: Wie man auss dess mund hie gebt Ein Schwert und Zwilche Le[…]eht/und Siben Stern hat in der hand: also steht Christus mit bein […]/ In der gemein die in erkant : und troz ders im zucht auss des I. . .]; at top of scene: Apoc: i. Cap. under arms: Michel Ritschhart, gewes/ ner siechenvogt und dess grichts/ zu Interlaken/ und Margreth Imboden sein hausfr. right of arms: 1686; below, upper section: AUXJLIUM NOSTRUM A I.IOMINO; below, lower section: Joseph [ . . .] [ . ]us Fegeli/ Anno. 1682
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