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Heraldic Roundel
Made in Germany, Middle Rhineland
Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain; Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Cloisters Collection 1980 (1980.214.4)
Arms: Per bend Gules and Argent in dexter base a Bend Gules and in sinister chief a Fleur-de-lis bendwise sinister Argent banded Or.
The axis of the fleur-de-lis in this shield to the heraldic left is unusual in the French heraldic tradition but not in the German. These arms have been attributed to the Tengin family.