England
Late 17th to early 18th century
White glass with silver stain and enamel (sanguine/flashed and abraded glass)
46 x 34.5 (18 1/4 x 13 9/16) each
Many mending leads
Provenance: Mrs. M. Foss
Bibliography: The Nineteenth Century European Ceramics, Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art [sale cat., Christie’s, 14 May] (London, 1987), 76, no. 173.
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: A 568 A and B
A. Arms of Arnold and Knapp Arms: Quarterly; Iand 4 sable a chevron between three dolphins embowed argent (Arnold); 2 and 3 or a lion passant sable langued gules and in chief three closed helms sable (Knapp ?); B. Arms of Arnold and Knapp Alliances. Arms: Quarterly of eight; Isable a chevron between three dolphins embowed argent (Arnold); 2 azure two bars argent between five mullets pierced or, three two and one (Felgate/ Fellgate): 3 or a lion passant sable langued gules and in chief three closed helms sable (unidentified); 4 per fess nebuly azure and sable in chief a (unidentifiable charge) and in base a hawk or (unidentified); 5 sable a chevron ermine between three (unidentifiable charge) (unidentified); 6 sable a fess dancetty or between three crescents argent (Rous, earl of Stradbroke); 7 gules a bend vair between two fleurs-de-lis or (Bliss/ Isley); 8 or a lion rampant sable (unidentified)
Inscriptions: A. Arnold & Knapp; B. tulit alter honorem