England, Keynedon House, Devon (?)
16th century, first half
Pot metal; white glass and silver stain
Diameter: 37.8 (14 7/8) each
Stopgaps in surrounds; repair leads and considerable abrasion
Provenance: Grosvenor Thomas, London, to 1913; Reid (Mrs. Whitelaw ?), Purchase, N.Y.; Roy Grosvenor Thomas, New York, to November 1940; Frank Partridge Ltd., London
Bibliography: Grosvenor Thomas Stock Book no. II, 101, items no. R 22, 23, 24, 25; Drake (1913), II:3, no. 1a.
Collection: Edsel and Eleanor Ford House (Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan)
Object/Accession: Gallery Alcove: A. 4a; B. 5b; C. 2a; D. 1b
A. Arms of Richard Hals (d. 1490) Arms: Argent a fess between three griffin’s heads erased sable (Hals of Keynedon); impaling: gules on a cross patonce or five escallops gules (Latimer); B. Arms of John Hals (d. 1434) and his wife from the family of Mewy. Arms: Argent a fess between three griffin’s heads erased sable (Hals of Keynedon); impaling: gules a chevron between three sea-mews argent (Mewy); C. and D. Arms of Richard Hals (d. 1550) and his wife Joan Whiteley. Arms: Argent a fess between three griffin’s heads erased sable (Hals of Keynedon); impaling: azure a bend or three torteaux (Whitely of Efford)