England, Asbridge Park, Hertfordshire, B. picture gallery over the south cloister
Late 16th century
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel
A: 68.5 x 41.2 (27 x 16 1/4) B: 68.5 x 41.9 (27 x 16 1/2)
Condition/replacements not noted
Provenance: Thomas and Drake, London; Mr. and Mrs. FitzEugene Dixon, Ronaele Manor, Elkins Park, Pa.
Bibliography: Eden (1927), 70-72, pl. 52 (A), 72-75, pl. 53 (B); Clarke (1930), 34, ill. (A).
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 69-226-2; B. 69-226-9 Both given by FitzEugene Dixon, Jr.
A. Arms of Ratcliffe. Arms: Quarterly of 8 : 1 argent a fess engrailed sable (Ratcliffe); 2 or a fess between two chevrons gules (FitzWalter); 3 barry of ten argent and azure six escutcheons sable, three, two and one, each charged with a lion rampant argent (Cecil); 4 or a saltire engrailed sable (Botetourt); 5 gules three lucies hauriant argent (Lucy of Broxbourne); 6 argent three bars gules (Moulton); 7 or a semy de lis sable (Mortimer of Norfolk); 8 or two bendlets gules impaling gules a f ess chequy argent and sable between six crosses crosslet or (Boteler, Baron Sudeley); within a garter ensigned with a coronet; B. Arms of William Grey, Lord Grey of Wilton or his son Arthur, Lord Grey of Wilton (d. 1593). Arms: Quarterly of 10: 1 barry of six argent and azure (Grey); 2 argent three crescents gules each charged with a mullet argent (Longchamp); 3 lozengy ermine and gules (Rackley); 4 barry of six argent and azure a label of three points gules (Grey); 5 or three chevrons gules (Clare); 6 gules three lions rampant argent crowned or (Delavache); 7 gules a lion rampant within a bordure engrailed or (Grey); 8 barry of six argent and azure in chief three torteaux (Grey of Codnor); 9 or a maunch gules (Hastings) and barry of ten argent and azure an orle of ten martlets gules (de Valence) quarterly; 10 argent a maunch sable (Hastings, Earl of Huntingdon); within a garter ensigned with a coronet
Inscriptions: A. and B. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
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