Switzerland, Thurgau (?)
1626
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain and enamel
32 x 21 (12 5/8 x 8 1/4)
Considerable mending leads and abrasion; some replacements
Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London (?); Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Purchase, N.Y. (?); P.W. French & Co., Inc., New York; George G. Booth, Bloomfield Hills
Bibliography: Drake (1913), I: 43, no. 221 ?; Whitelaw Reid sale (1935), 366, no. 1477 (?)
Collection: Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum and Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Object/Accession: CAAM 1939.56
Arms: (LEFT) Or upon a triple mount a plowshare inverted argent held by an angel supporter with a laurel wreath (unidentified); (RIGHT) Or on a triple mount a fleur-de-lis argent (unidentified)
Inscription: Jorg […] von Doz/ und Elsbeth[…]wismenin sein Ehli[…] Hussran/ 1556