Switzerland
1663
White glass with silver stain and enamel
17.5 x 23.2 (6 15/16 X 9 1/8)
Deterioration in enamels
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watkins, Winona, Minn.
Bibliography: Watkins House (1928), 223-235; Dignified Gothic (1928), 66-67, 102; Art Objects (1957).
Collection: The Watkins Home (Winona, Minnesota)
Object/Accession: Daughter’s Room
Arms: (LEFT) Azure on a mount a tau cross argent, in chief a mullet or, two fleurs-de-lis or (unidentified); crest: a demi-man with a cross and an unidentified charge; (RIGHT) Per fess or and azure, in chief a double-headed eagle sable, in base a lion rampant or (unidentified); crest: on a barred helm to dexter crowned, a demi-man waving a banner
Inscriptions: above: Durch Gottes glinst hatt Josev kunst ·die treum woll zu ergrunden/ Dem beit den Krist ·dem mund schenkt gluck · mitt wahrheitt lasst verkunden/ below: Hr: Haupt: Carli Leodigari Lussi der Zeit/ Landschryoer Zu0 underwald en nit dem Kernwaldt und/ Fr: Cahterina Donatin sein Ehegmahel/ 1663·