England
A and B. 1783; C and D. c. 1780
White glass with silver stain and enamel
A: 37.9 x 26.2 (14 7/8 x 10 1/4); B: 42.2 x 25.2 (16 5/8 x 10); C: 40 x 26.6 (15 3/4 x 10 7/16); D: 38.5 x 24.5 (15 1/8 x 9 5/8)
Several mended cracks; B. and C. some flaking enamel
Provenance: William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles; P.W. French & Co., New York; Preston Pope Satterwhite, Great Neck, N.Y.
Bibliography: French & Co. Stock Sheets, GCPA 0302657; unpublished
Collection: J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, Kentucky)
Object/Accession: A. 44.31.4; B. 44.31.17; C. 44.31.20; D. 44.31.1
A. The Thistle. Arms: Within a circlet vert, or a thistle proper and in chief an Imperial crown or; B. Saint Patrick. Arms: Within a circlet azure, argent a saltire cross gules charged with a shamrock vert slipped and bearing an Imperial crown on each leaf; crest: an Imperial crown proper; C. The Garter. Arms: Within the garter circlet azure, argent a cross gules; crest: an Imperial crown or; D. The Bath. Arms: Within a circlet gules, argent three Imperial crowns or; crest: an Imperial crown or
Inscriptions: A. NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT; B. QUIS SEPARABIT/ MDCCLXXXIII; C. HONI SOIT/ […] AL Y PENSE; D. TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO