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Saint John’S Vision of the Throne with the Arms of Winkler and Syringese

Saint John'S Vision of the Throne with the Arms of Winkler and SyringeseSwitzerland
1664
White glass with silver stain and enamel
32.5 x 21.5 (12 3/4 x 8 1/2)
Head of John, angel, and triangular piece in upper inscription are replacements; several shatter cracks

Provenance: P.W. French & Co., New York, to 1944; Preston Pope Satterwhite, Great Neck, N.Y.
Bibliography: French & Co. Stock Sheets, GCPA 0305033.

Collection: J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, Kentucky)
Object/Accession: 44.31.12

Arms: (LEFT) Azure a housemark between the initials CW or (Christen Winkler); (RIGHT) azure BS or (Barbara Syringese)
Inscriptions: above: Das erwur [.]t Eamm/ wurdig ziineril[.]t Kraft / APOCALYPSE P1 cap.; on scroll: merf nicht; below: Christen Winkler Spendt vogt/ zii Hilterfingen und Barbara / Syringesein Hiisfroiin + 1664.