Switzerland, Zurich
after 1621
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded glass
Diameter: 35.6 (14)
One small loss; several mended cracks
Provenance: Lord Sudeley, Toddington Castle, Gloucestershire (?); Galerie Helbing, Munich; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1945
Bibliography: Hearst ms. (1942), no. 43-257.
Collection: Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, California)
Object/Accession: 45.21.32 William Randolph Hearst Collection
Arms: Per pale argent and azure twice repeated (Zurich), !ABOVE) or a double? headed eagle displayed sable crowned, beaked and armed or (the Empire); crest: an Imperial crown proper; supporters: two lions rampant guardant or holding in their dexter and sinister paws the Imperial sword and orb; Surrounding Shields: (top and clockwise) 1. Paly of six argent and azure and over all a fess or (Regensburg); 2. Per chevron sable and or three orbs counterchanged (Maschwanden); 3. Gules Saint George slaying the dragon proper (Stein a/Rhein); 4. Gules a bend or between two lions passant and two stars of the second (Andelfingen); 5. Gules a buckle or (Wiidenswil); 6. Per bend gules and argent (Biilach); 7. O.r; a pile sable dexter (Hedingen); 8. Gules a city gate proper, in chief a rainbow of the same (Regensburg); 9. Gules a demi-unicorn rampant couped proper (Riimlang); 10. Or a demi-beach twig leaved and slipped vert impaling gules a log couped proper (Stammheim); 11. Or a castle sable on a triple mount argent and in chief two stars of the same (Meilen); 12. Azure Saint Verena standing and holding a comb and watering pot all proper (Stufa); 13. Gules a swan proper (Horgen); 14. Per bend in chief azure a star of six points or in base argent a bend gules (Zollikon); 15. Gules a cushion or (Kiisnacht); 16. Azure a fess nebuly argent (Steinegg); 17. Or a lion rampant sable (Hegi); 18. Or impaling fessy of five argent and gules (Wollishofen) 19. Argent a pair of bullrushes per saltire or (Thalwil); 20. Azure a rose argent seeded or (Kilchberg); 21. Or an otter rampant sable holding a fish argent (Mii.nidorf); 22. Azure two fleur-de-lis sceptres per saltire argent (Fluntern); 23. Or a bear’s head couped sable langued gules (Sellenbiiren); 24. Per fess azure and argent in chief a crescent or in base argent two roses gules seeded or (Neuwampf); 25. Vert a lion rampant argent (Gruningen); 26. Azure a bend or between two lions passant of the same (Kyburg); 27. Or a stag trippant sable on a triple mount argent (Eglisau); 28. Gules a fess argent in chief two dogs’ heads erased sable langued gules collared argent in base one of the same (Elgg); 29. Gules two arms garbed or with hands erect proper (Laufen); 30. Or a mill iron sable (Freiamt); 31. Or a griffon rampant gules (Greiffensee); 32. Argent a bend gules between two lions passant of the same (Winterthur); arms in triplet: Argent in chief a bunch of grapes in base a barrel all proper (Wynfelden); Per pale argent and gules (Sax); Gules three arrows fesswise or (Pfyn)
Inscriptions: top and clockwise: Ragenspurg; Maschwanden; Steinn; Andelfingen; Wadischwyl; Biilach; Hedingen; Regenspa1g; Riimlang; Stamen; Meylen; Staffen; Horgen; Zollicken; Kiissnacht; Steinegg; Hegi; Wollishoffen; Dallwyll; Kilchberg; Manidorff; Flunteren; Selenbiiren; Neiiwampt; Griiningen; Kyburg; Eglisauw; Elgg; Lauffen; Freyampt; Gryffensee; Winterthur over arms in triplet: Wynfelden·Sax·Pfyn·