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A rare Charles II stained glass sundial, and another heraldic stained glass panel, circa 1675, possibly by John Oliver (1616-1701)

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A rare Charles II stained glass sundial, and another heraldic stained glass panel, circa 1675, possibly by John Oliver (1616-1701)
The first, with detached gnomon, the dial rectangular with a broad amber border, all headed by the motto 'Sic Aetas fugit', and with Roman hours, a cross identifying the 12 o'clock line, all around a panel painted with a fly and a spider, the fly's wings painted on one side of the glass, its body on the other, all within a strapwork cartouche border of white and yellow, the second panel with a coat of arms gules, three wolves' heads, erased, Argent, armed and langued lying on a compartment under the Arms a wild man chained, beneath the motto 'Virtutis Gloria Merces' and in a strapwork cartouche with thistles at the corners, 34cm wide x 54.5cm high, (2)

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A rare Charles II stained glass sundial, and another heraldic stained glass panel, circa 1675, possibly by John Oliver (1616-1701)
The first, with detached gnomon, the dial rectangular with a broad amber border, all headed by the motto 'Sic Aetas fugit', and with Roman hours, a cross identifying the 12 o'clock line, all around a panel painted with a fly and a spider, the fly's wings painted on one side of the glass, its body on the other, all within a strapwork cartouche border of white and yellow, the second panel with a coat of arms gules, three wolves' heads, erased, Argent, armed and langued lying on a compartment under the Arms a wild man chained, beneath the motto 'Virtutis Gloria Merces' and in a strapwork cartouche with thistles at the corners, 34cm wide x 54.5cm high, (2)

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