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Object NamePanel with Washington Coat-of-Arms

Made FromGlass; Lead came

Date1540-1549

TechniqueBlown, Stained, Painted, Cut, Leaded

SizeOverall H: 47.2 cm; W: 34 cm

Accession Number57.2.10 B

Credit LineThe Corning Museum of Glass

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

These windows, with the coat of arms of George Washington’s ancestors, were in Sulgrave Manor in England for several centuries. President Washington descended seventh in line from Laurence Washington, who bought the manor from King Henry VIII in 1539.

Place Made

England, Sulgrave

Physical DescriptionStained glass panel of irregular, oval shape with Wasshington [Washington] coat-of-arms (left side): Argent (silver), two bars (a horizontal band across a shield), gules (red) in chief (the upper part of the shield), three mullets (a star of five points) of the second (i.e.red). In the fesse point (the center part of the shield) a crescent gules (a red crescent) for difference; impaling (two coats-of-arms displayed side-by-side in one shield). Kitson or Kytson arms: Sable (black) three trouts or luces (fish) hauricant (fish displayed upright) in fesse (a single band drawn horizontally across a shield) argent (red), a chief (upper part of a shield) or (gold). Inscribed below, in capitals: "WASSHINGTON/ AND KITSON."
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