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Arms of the Town of Schaffhausen

Arms of the Town of SchaffhausenSwitzerland, Schaffhausen
1609
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded glass
41.9 x 31.7 (16 1/2 x 12 1/2)
Left lower leg of knight restored; repaired star crack

Provenance: Lord Sudeley, Toddington Castle, Gloucestershire, to 1911; A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 264; Sudeley sale (1911), 31, no. 34; LACMA Quarterly (1944), 5; Normile (1946), 43-44.

Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.39 William Randolph Hearst Collection

Arms: Or a ram rampant sable crowned or (Schaffhausen); (ABOVE) the Imperial arms; or a double-headed eagle displayed sable armed and beaked or; crest: the Imperial crown
Inscriptions: above arms: Die Schaffhuser hand ein Roub erputt/ In jagtend noch dess Keisers lutt/ Als aber sy erhieltend das,/ Die Keiserschen Je mehr und bas, / wurdend erziirnt thetend erkennen/ das Stettlin Dengen zu verbrennen; below arms: Die Statt Schaffhusen. 1609.; in nimb of male saint: S. ALEXA[.]; in nimb of female saint: SANCTA ´ BARBARA

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum

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