Switzerland, eastern
1580
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, enamel; flashed glass, abraded
41.3 x 32.2 cm (16 1/2 x 12 7/8)
Provenance: A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 242.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.17 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Attributed to Niklaus Wirt of Wyl, active c. 1565, d. 1584
Arms: (from left counterclockwise): 1. Vert three feathers fess wise or (Schriber); 2. Purpure a housemark sable (Miies); 3. Or a housemark sable (Muller); 4. Per bend sable and or in chief a winged demi-man of the second (Studer); 5. Azure a housemark sable (Egger); 6. Tenne a housemark sable (Lener); 7. Azure a housemark sable (Butiger); 8. Gules a grill mark sable (Siiser); 9. Azure a nail sable (Giger); 10. Argent a cross or surmounting a crescent moon (Waibel); 11. Or an A sable (Arnolt); 12. Purpure a linden branch leafed or on a triple mount or (Lindenman); 13. Argent a Z and ring mark sable (Alt/her); 14. Gules a housemark sable (Buttiger)
Inscriptions: above arms: 1. Jorg Schriber/ A.riJ.a· 1·; 2.Uli Miies/ ·y; 3. Hensli/ Muller T; 4. Baltz Studer/ -r; 5. Jacob Egg/er ·9·; 6. Jacob/ Lener ·10·; 7. Gebhart/ Butiger ·II·; 8. Tebis/ Suser ·12· 9. Haiis Giger/ ·1y; 10. Jacob Re[…]er/ Waibel; 11. Berni/ Arnoult ·8·; 12. Andareas ·6·/ Lindenman; 13. Jochli Alt/her ·4·; 14. Melken/ Buttiger ·2·; below scene: Ein Amii Sch[.]riber und giitz Ersam Gric[..] zu Goldach/ Anno Domini ·1580· NW·