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Two Heraldic Panels: Arms of Ruestorffer and Vislar

Two Heraldic Panels: Arms of Ruestorffer and VislarGermany, Nuremberg
16th century
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain; flashed and abraded glass
A: 66 x 40 (26 x 15 3/4); B: 67 x 42.5 (26 3/8 x 16 3/4)
Condition/replacements not noted

Provenance: Rodolphe Kahn, Paris; Duveen Brothers, New York
Bibliography: “Stained Glass,” Bulletin of the City Art Museum of St. Louis 6/1 (1921), reprinted in The Ornamental Glass Bulletin l5/2 (March 1921), 9; Orin Skinner, “Stained Glass in the City Art Museum of St. Louis,” Stained Glass 19 (Spring-Summer 1934), 13-14, ill.

Collection: The St. Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, Missouri)
Object/Accession: A. 6-1089:20; B. 6-1090:20, Both Museum Purchase

Arms: A. Argent a demi-wolf rampant gules (Otto Ruestorffer); B. Gules a distaff argent (George Vislar)
Inscriptions: A. Ott ruesstorffer; B. Gorig vislar

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: Missouri, St. Louis, The St. Louis Art Museum

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