Switzerland
c. 1600
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel
33.5 x 22.2 (13 3/16 x 8 3/4)
Bottom piece of lower inscription containing date and piece to the left of it are replacements
Provenance: Fischer, Lucerne
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: Claire Mendel Collection (Miami Beach, Florida)
Object/Accession: Library, no. 3
Arms: Per fess in chief sable a star of six points or in base bendy of four sable and or; crest : on a wreath of the colors a demi-man proper garbed as the field; mantling of the colors (Meyer)
Inscriptions: top cartouche: Der 11i.ng Tobias nimt mit Heiss/ aus dem fisch a11.ffs Engels geheiss/ Das hertz die gall und leber fein/ das sie zur Autzug nutzlich sein; bottom cartouche: H. Friderich Me-/ yer zum Schaff el/ Erwolt; insert bottom : Der Metzger/ 1657 (stopgap)
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