Austria, Steiermark
1545
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain
Diameter: 31.7 (12 1/2) each
Original leads; A. paint loss on shield; marked 22917; B. corrosion on front surface of blue glass; marked 22908
Provenance: Sibyll Kummer-Rothenhaiisler, Zurich
Bibliography: Unpublished
Collection: Private Collection (New York, New York)
Object/Accession: A. SG6; B. SG7
A. Hans Welzer; B. Anna Welzer nee von Schafftenberg
Arms: A. Quarterly; land 4 per pale gules and argent two raised arms with hands clasped counterchanged; 2 and 3 sable issuant from the sinister chief a pile argent bendwise conjoined at the dexter base (Hans Welzer); crest: (dexter) on a barred helm to sinister a ducal coronet and thereon a plume of feathers argent charged as the field 1 and 4; mantling of the first and second; (sinister) on a barred helm to dexter a ducal coronet or and thereon five ostrich feathers argent; mantling: argent and sable; B. Azure a ducal coronet or (Anna van Schaff tenberg); crest: on a barred helm aff ronte a ducal coronet or and thereon three peacock plumes proper; mantling: azure and or
Inscriptions: A. HANS WELCZER RITTER M D XLV; B. ANNA WELCZERIN GEBORN[.] VON SCHERFFENWERG M D XLV