England, Toddington Castle or Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire (?)
16th century, mid-
Pot metal; white glass and silver stain
Diameter: 47 (18 1/2) each
Minor replacements, especially jeweled rim
Provenance: Lord Sudeley, Toddington Castle, Gloucestershire, to 1911; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles
Bibliography: Sudeley sale (1911), 131-132, nos. (A) 195, (B) 197; Hearst sale (not in 1941 Hammer Gallery catalogue): A. 9, S/B Lot 1427, Art. 197; B. 10, S/B Lot 1427, Art. 201.
Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan)
Object/Accession: A. 58.119; B. 58.123; Both Gift of K.T. Keller
Arms: A. Quarterly; 1 and 4 azure three fleurs-de-lis or (France, Modern); 2 and 3 gules three lions passant guardant or (England); flanked by the crowned initials K and H within a garter (Arms of Henry VIII); B. Quarterly; 1 and 4 azure three fleurs-de-lis or (France, Modern); 2 and 3 gules three lions passan t guardant or (England); with a label of three points argent; within a garter (Arms of Edward, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour)
Inscriptions: A. HI Kl HONY SOYTT QVI MALL Y PANCE; B. HONY SOYTT QVI MALL Y PANCE