Switzerland, Glarus (?)
1604
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, enamel, and sanguine; flashed and abraded red
35.4 x 22.4 (13 15/16 x 8 9/16)
Mending leads; minor replacement in upper portion of armed man left; stopgap lower left; sorting marks engraved on pieces around shield
Provenance: Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Related material: Jenny Schneider, Glasgemiilde des Schweiz. Katalog der Sammlung Landesmuseum II (Stäfa, 1907), 2801 cat. no. 475.
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: 387/46
Arms: Gules a mullet of six points within a border or (Baldi); crest: over a barred helm to dexter a demi-man armed azure and or; mantling of the colors
Inscription: HOPTMAN MICHAEL + BAELDI GEWASNER + OBRISTER / LVTINAMPT + DER + ZIT LANTAMAN + ZV GLARIS [.]604