Metal and glass roundel with a Swiss shield inside, at the center. The shield is mostly made from metal with three curved lines in the center made of white glass. The curved lines are horizontal, stacked on top of each other with a piece of metal between them.
Swiss
Roundel with Shield of Arms,
17th century
Crown of white glass
,
8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Object details
Accession number
C6e9
Primary Creator
Swiss
Full title
Roundel with Shield of Arms
Creation Date
17th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
Marks
Arms: Sable three inverted crescents argent
Dimensions
8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Crown of white glass
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Spanish Chapel
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 47. (grouped with other painted glass)
Madeline Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99. (unattributed)
Madeline Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 15 (Washington, D.C., 1985), p. 44, no. B. (as Swish (?), 17th century)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.