Switzerland, Bern
1666
White glass with silver stain and enamel
30.5 x 21.3 (12 x 8 3/8)
Many mended cracks; some enamel rubbed and partially lost
Provenance: Fischer, Lucerne
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: Claire Mendel Collection (Miami Beach, Florida)
Object/Accession: Library, no. 11
Arms: (LEFT) Argent on a mount vert a tree proper; crest: a demi-griffin argent segreant beaked and membered gules holding in both his claws a tree slipped proper; mantling vert and argent (Bucher); (RIGHT) sable a bend or; crest: a pair of vols sable charged as the field; mantling of the colors (Tillier)
Inscription: Hr Johan Jacob Bucher/ vogt von Seckelmeister des Elugdeschenlandig der Statt Bern / und fr Anna Tillier sein Ehge-/mahl 1666
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