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Panel

ca.1473-1492 (made)
Place of origin
England (made)

Oblong. The Garter forms a circular band surrounding the shield and bears the motto: 'honi soit qui mal y pense'. The spaces between the two sides of the shield and the Garter are filled in with a diaper pattern of quatrefoils. The remainder of the panel consists of fragments of glass painted with conventional foliage and architectural details.


Object details

Categories
British Galleries
Stained Glass
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Stained glass
Stained Glass
Brief description
Panel of clear and coloured glass with painted and stained decoration depicting the arms of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Elizabeth Plantagenet, sister of King Edward IV and King Richard III; the shield in the form of a tournament shield. The shield is surrounded by the Garter which was conferred on the Duke in 1473. English, circa 1473-1492.
Physical description
Oblong. The Garter forms a circular band surrounding the shield and bears the motto: 'honi soit qui mal y pense'. The spaces between the two sides of the shield and the Garter are filled in with a diaper pattern of quatrefoils. The remainder of the panel consists of fragments of glass painted with conventional foliage and architectural details.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5in
  • Width: 21in
  • Sight size diameter: 382mm (max)
  • Unframed diameter: 410mm (max)
Object history
Bought from the stained glass dealer and restorer Grosvenor Thomas.
There is a similar shield, plain, with these arms but not with the Garter and with a label of 3 points on the royal arms in St Mary's Church, Iffley, in Oxfordshire.
Bibliographic references
  • Lewis F Day, report submitted to department of Ceramics & Glass, circa 1908.
  • (date?) Note in Register: Note by Mr A [Albert] van de Put [authority on Orders writing in the 1920s] regarding De la Pole impaling France and England quarterly, within the Garter. John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, K.G. in 1472, died 1491 = Elizabeth (Plantagenet) sister of Edward IV before 1460: she was living in 1502-3. "She had robes for the order of the Garter prepared for her in 1477 (G.E.C. Complete Peerage). Had the shield been an ordinary shape I should have preferred to describe the arms as hers, but the shape employed makes it rather difficult to insist on this. As it is, the formula had better be 'Arms of John de la Pole...impaling those of his wife, Elizabeth, sister of Edward IV".
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
214:1-1908

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Record createdJune 2, 1998
Record URL
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