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Object NamePanel with Washington Coat-of-Arms
Made FromGlass; Lead came
Date1540-1549
Place MadeEngland, Sulgrave
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)
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive Notes
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.
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."
Provenance
Former Collection Sacheverell Sitwell (British)
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