Details
- Object type
stained glass heraldic panel
- Title
Shield of Arms with Three Hedgehogs
- Place Associated
England (place of manufacture)
- Date
16th century
- Materials
white, coloured, and painted glass, lead
- Dimensions
overall: 325 mm x 325 mm x 10 mm
- Description
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Stained glass heraldic shield (per fess gules and vert three hedgehogs proper). The family represented has not been identified.
Prior to entering the collection of Sir William Burrell, this panel was in the collection of Frederick Sydney Eden (1859-1950), a former lawyer who, after being jailed for fraud, became well known for his various writings on stained glass. It then entered the collection of the American newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951).
The item was published in William Wells, Stained and Painted Heraldic Glass, Burrell Collection, 1965, no. 38.
- Credit Line/Donor
Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944
- Collection
Burrell Collection: Stained Glass
- ID Number
45.236
- Location
Burrell Collection