Switzerland, Bern
1579 (?)
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded red
41.5 x 29.4 (16 5/16 x 11 9/16)
Column bases and inscription replacements
Provenance: Ammann-Haab Collection, Erlenbach-Zurich; Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Alfred Scheidegger, Die Berner Glasmälerei van 1540 bis 1580, Berner Schiften zur Kunst 4 (Bern-Biimplitz, 1947), 95-6, fig. 97. Related material: Virgil Solis, Samson and the Lion (woodcut, Bern, Stadtbibliothek), ill. Scheidegger, fig. 25.
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: 432/67
Arms: (LEFT) Barry of six azure and argent three mullets of six points or (Quisart ?); (RIGHT) Argent the monogram CF; crest: over all a barred helm to sinister surmounted by a demi-swan argent armed and charged with a mullet of six points or
Inscription: M. QUISART/ SEIGNEUR DE CRANS /ANNO 1579 (modern)