Foot, trunk and part of the bowl of a flute glass (with the English coat of arms and a muzzled bear), originally engraved with a decorated button and on the bowl on one side the English coat of arms (quartelated a and four, three lilies and three crawling lions), on the other side a muzzled bear, standing against a tree to which it is chained. On both arms the saying 'Honi soit, qui mal y pense'. Between the arms a floral ornament, with bands adorned above and below. The base is decorated with separate sheets. The weapon is presumably Warwick, possibly for Ambrose Dudley, Earl or Warwick (1561
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