including a green soda glass roundel centred with a sun motif, a round panel enamelled with a male and female figure crushing grapes and inscribed ‘September’; one of diamond shape enamelled with a bird; three of rectangular form, one depicting a peacock perched on a flowering stem, one depicting a figure wearing plumed armour, and one depicting a hairy human-like form wearing a yellow enamelled headpiece and carrying a mallet, together with a STAINED GLASS FRAGMENT painted with a face, apparently from the Chapel at Lincolns Inn, Holborn, London (7)
largest roundel 20cm diam, small roundel 11.5cm diam, diamond panel 15.5cm long, rectangular panel 16.5cm long, 10.8cm wide, fragment approx 9.6cm along the lower edge
The Collection of Michael Archer OBE FSA (1936-2022), Keeper, Ceramics and Glass department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Great House, Dedham, Essex
Note: The roundel representing September was a gift to Michael Archer OBE (1936-2022) from William Cole (1909-1997) and thence by descent to the present owner.