Stained glass panel
Category
Stained glass
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Lead, Stained
Order this imageCollection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500278.16
Summary
A sixteenth century heraldic shield displaying the arms of Sir George Calverley of Lea, Grandfather of Richard Legh (d.1687). The shield has its original surround with sable and argent mantling and double crest of an ass's head couped Sable issuing from a ducal coronet Or and a man's head proper turbaned Or. The inscription is missing and has been replaced by 3 fragments (See text file for fuller description and family connections).
Provenance
Much of the stained glass at Lyme Park was originally made to be displayed in St Mary's Church in Disley. Some of this glass was removed in the early nineteenth century by Thomas Legh and re-housed in the Drawing Room and Porter's Lodge, probably during Wyatt's remodelling, which began in 1814. Other fragments may be European in origin, dating from a range of periods; it is thought that Thomas Legh may have collected these examples during his travels abroad.
Marks and inscriptions
[The inscription is missing and has been replaced by 3 fragments]