England, Cassiobury House, Hertfordshire
Late 16th century
A. Pot metal; white glass with silver stain; (A) abraded red; (B) enamel
A: 66.7 x 41.9 (26 1/4 x 16 1/2); B: 66 x 41 (26 x 16 3/8)
Condition/replacements not noted
Provenance: Thomas and Drake, London; Mr. and Mrs. FitzEugene Dixon, Ronaele Manor, Elkins Park, Pa.
Bibliography: Eden (1927), 15-16, pl. 16 (A), 17-18, pl. 18 (B); Clarke (1930), 34, ill. (B).
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Object/Accession: A. 52-90-12; B. 52-90-13
A. Arms of Henry Ratcliffe, 9th Earl of Sussex (c. 1532-1593) or his son Robert Ratcliffe, 10th Earl (1573-1629). Arms: Quarterly, 1 argent a bend engrailed sable (Ratcliffe); 2 or a f ess between two chevrons gules (FitzWalter); 3 gules three lucies hauriant argent (Lucy of Broxbourne); 4 argent three bars gules (Moulton), impaling Quarterly, 1 and 4 argent a lion rampant sable crowned or with a bordure azure (Burnell), 2 and 3 or a semy de lis sable (Mortimer of Norfolk), quarterly; within a garter ensigned with a coronet; B. Arms of Henry, Lord Clifford (1493-1542), Earl of Cumberland or George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland (1558-1605). Arms: Quarterly of 8: 1 chequy or and azure a f ess gules (Clifford); 2 azure three chain-shot or (Clifford augmentation); 3 sable a bend flory counterflory or (Bromflete); 4 or a cross sable (Vesci); 5 vert three flintstones argent (Flint); 6 gules six annulets or, three, two and one (Vipont); 7 azure three bars or on a canton gules a cross patonce argent (Atton); 8 argent on a chief gules two mullets or (St. John); within a garter ensigned with a coronet
Inscriptions: A. and B. HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
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