Lot 167
167
A RARE SWISS PAVISE of wood covered with gesso-covered canvas, and of rectangular form with wavy top and central gutter of rounded section, the front almost entirely painted with a bold design of scrolling foliage in white against a dark green ground with, at the top, shields of arms comprising those of Habsburg, the League of St. George and of the town of Winterthur, all within a red border, and with original iron staples and rings on the inside (minor damage and restoration), circa 1445

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A RARE SWISS PAVISE of wood covered with gesso-covered canvas, and of rectangular form with wavy top and central gutter of rounded section, the front almost entirely painted with a bold design of scrolling foliage in white against a dark green ground with, at the top, shields of arms comprising those of Habsburg, the League of St. George and of the town of Winterthur, all within a red border, and with original iron staples and rings on the inside (minor damage and restoration), circa 1445
45½in. high

Lot Essay

This belongs to a group of pavises, of which some bear only the arms of Winterthur and of the League of St. George. The heraldry relates to the war between Austria and Zurich on one hand and the Swiss Confederation on the other. The League of St. George became involved on the Austrian side in 1445
See H. Schneider, Aus dem Schweizerischen Landesmuseum. Schutzwaffen aus sieben Jahrhunderten, 1953, No. 8; The Kretzschmar von Kienbusch Collection of Armor and Arms, 1963, No. 285

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