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LOT 1717
Medieval Stained Glass Armorial with Flowers
CIRCA 1600 A.D.
6 in. (126 grams, 15.5 cm).
Panel in frame of lead cames with painted heraldic design in elaborate style, the shield divided per pale with gules a fleur-de-lys or and argent a rosette gules; scroll below with partial text '[H]enrich Volse[...]'. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith De Baecque Encheres, 5 March 2022, no.49.
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