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Primary Description:
Stained 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."
Publications (15)
Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I) (1985)
illustrated, p. 76, bottom left;
BIB# 31056
George Washington's Great- Great- Great- Great- Great-Grandfather Slept Here (1957-10)
p. 112, front and back covers;
Discoveries and Acquisitions: News of Art and Archaeology (1957-06-08)
p. 951, bottom left;
£3,200 Paid For Stained Glass Coat of Arms (1957-06-01)
ill., right;
High Prices for French Antiques (1957-06-01)
ill., left;
Two Washington Ancestral Panels Are Sold (1957-06-01)
illustrated, Sec. I, left ill.;
Sale Room (1957-06-01)
Exceptional Prices in the Sale Room (1957-06-01)
Stars and Stripes (1957-05-26)
illustrated, p. 99, pl. V;
Life of George Washington (1855)
p. 34, note;
Objects in Set (2)
