England, Asbridge Park, Hertfordshire
c. 1575
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; abraded red
A: 67.2 x 42.5 (26 1/2 x 16 3/4) B: 69.8 x 43.1 (27 1/2 x 17) C: 72.3 x 45.0 (28 1/2 x 17 3/4)
Condition/replacements not noted
Provenance: Thomas and Drake, London; Mr. and Mrs. FitzEugene Dixon, Ronaele Manor, Elkins Park, Pa.
Bibliography: Eden (1927), 68-70, 72, pls. 51, 52; Clarke (1930), 34, ill. (B, C).
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 69-226-10; B. 69-226-11; C. 69-226-12; All given by FitzEugene Dixon, Jr.
A., B., and C. Arms of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532-1588). Arms: Quarterly of 16: l or a lion rampant double queued vert (Dudley); 2 gules a cinquefoil pierced ermine (Bellamont); 3 or two lions passant azure (Somery of Dudley); 4 argent a cross flory azure (Malpas); s barry of six argent and azure in chief three torteaux with a label of three points argent (Grey of Wilton); 6 or a maunch gules (Hastings); 7 barry of ten argent and azure an orle of ten martlets gules (de Valence); 8 vairy or and gules (Ferrers); 9 gules seven mascles or, three, three and one conjoined (Ferrers of Groby); ro azure three garbs or (Earldom of Chester); 11 gules a lion within a bordure engrailed or (Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury); 12 gules a fess between six crosses crosslet or (Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick); 13 chequy or and azure a chevron ermine (Newburgh); 14 gules a chevron between ten crosses paty, six in chief and four in base, argent (Berkeley, Earl of Berkeley); l s gules a lion passant gardant argent crowned or (L’Isle, Baron de L’Isle); 16 or a fess between two chevrons sable (Lisle); within a garter, ensigned with a coronet
Inscriptions: A., B., and C. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
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