Switzerland, Solothurn (?)
1612
White glass with silver stain, enamel, and sanguine; flashed red glass
42.7 x 33.0 (16 3/4 x 13)
Mending leads; some replacements throughout
Provenance: Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhäusler, Zurich
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: Private Collection (Hillsborough, California)
Object/Accession: 410/70
Arms: (LEFT) Paly of six or and gules on a fess argent three roses gules (von Steffis ?); crest: over a barred helm to sinister a demi-lion contourne crowned or between plumed banners charged as the field; mantling of the colors; (RIGHT) Quarterly; l and 4 azure a cross bottone or; 2 and 3 gules a fess or in chief a demi-fleur-de-lis or; in base a mullet of six points argent (Vallier ?); crest: over a barred helm to dexter a demi-swan proper bearing on her neck seven fleurs-de-lis or; mantling of the colors
Inscription: V[..] SEY MORIAR / TV[…] CHRISTE FAVE/ J. […] von Steffies/ H[…] Molloedenss./ und F. E[..]beth Wallier/ syn E[..]gmahel. 612 (parts not read are stopgaps)