Switzerland
1597
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel; flashed and abraded red
33.5 x 21.5 (13 3/16 x 8 1/2)
Paint abraded; plated on outer surface
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, 1986, unidentified owner
Bibliography: European Works of Art, Armour, Furniture and Tapestries [sale cat., Sotheby’s, 25 November] (New York, 1986), n.p., no. 178.
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: A 427(A)
Arms: (LEFT) Azure an adze-head argent in chief a crescent or and in base a violin; (RIGHT) Gules a housemark and in base a tanners’ scraping knife
Inscription: Michel Giger und/ Anna Kelleri/ sin Ehwib/ 1597