England, Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire
c. 1550-1600
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel
A : 58.4 x 38.1 (23 x 15); B: 66.2 x 38.1 (26 1/8 x 15)
Condition/replacements not noted
Provenance: Thomas and Drake, London; Mr. and Mrs. FitzEugene Dixon, Ronaele Manor, Elkins Park, Pa.
Bibliography: Eden (1927), 56-60, pl. 49 (A), 60-61, pl. 49 (B).
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 69-226-4; B. 69-226-5; Both given by FitzEugene Dixon, Jr.
A. Arms of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509-1572) or his son Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531-1593). Arms: Quarterly of 8: 1 argent on a bend three stags’ heads caboshed or (Stanley); 2 or on a chief indented azure three bezants (Latham); 3 gules three legs conjoined in the fess point in armour proper garnished and spurred or (Isle of Man); 4 chequy or and azure (Warenne); s gules two lions passant argent (Strange); 6 argent a fess and a canton gules (Wydville); 7 or a cross engrailed sable (Mohun); 8 azure a lion rampant argent (Monhalt); within a garter, ensigned with a coronet; B. Royal Arms of England. Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4 azure three fleurs-de-lis or (France Modern), 2 and 3 gules three lions passant gardant or (England); within a garter, ensigned with a closed crown
Inscriptions: A. and B. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
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