Switzerland, Bern
A. c. 1525; B. 1530; C. 1514
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain; flashed and abraded red; A. and flashed and abraded blue
A: 45.2 x 34.3 (17 3/4 x 13 1/2)
B: 44.5 x 33.8 (17 1/2 x 13 1/4)
C: 41.9 X 29.3 (16 1/2 x 11 1/2)
A. Cracks and mending leads; paint loss especially in lower half of shield; bottom entablature and upper right capital replacements; B. Minor mending leads; replacements in mantling right and 3rd quarter of shield; C. Cut down on three sides with stopgaps at edges; mantling at upper right a replacement
Provenance: Von Parpart, Schloss Hünegg near Thun, to 1884; La Roche-Ringwald, Rheinfelden; Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: A. and B. Sammlung van Parpart, Objets d’art et de haute curiosité [sale cat., Auktion Heberle, 1 Feb.] (Cologne, 1884); Bernhard Anderes, Die Spätgotische Glasmälerei in Freiburg i/Ü (Freiburg i Ü, 1963), 106-109, fig. 71.
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: A. 421/45; B. 439/44; C. 406/66
A. Arms of Englisberg
Arms: Per fess or and gules in chief a demi-lion rampant azure langued or (Englisberg); crest: over a barred helm to sinister a cap gules tasseled or with a brim argent between two swords argent; mantling gules and or
B. Arms of Straeler and von Seengen
Arms: Quarterly; 1 and 4 gules on a bend sable three carding combs or (Straeler); 2 and 3 argent an eagle displayed sable armed and membered or (von Seengen); crest: (LEFT) over a closed helm to sinister a demi-man wearing on his chest a bend sinister charged as the first; (RIGHT) over a barred helm to dexter a vol charged as the second; mantling of the colors
Inscription: MD XXX jar
C. Arms of Junker Georg Freiburger (d. 1513) and his wife, a Schopfer
Arms: Quarterly; 1 and 4 sable upon a triple mount argent a lion rampant or (contourné in 1) (Freiburger); 2 and 3 argent upon a mount a cross botone gules (Schopfer); crest: (LEFT) over a closed helm to sinister a demi-lion contourné upon a triple mount or; (RIGHT) over a closed helm to dexter a demi-horse rampant argent; mantling of the colors
Inscription: Junker Jörg und sin Husfrau 1514