7th Oct, 2023 9:30 GMT/BST
20th Century Design
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Hardman & Co, Birmingham 1889: The Tree of Jesse Window, North Transept and The Epistle for All Saints Day Window, South Transept, Sixteen Stained, Painted and Leaded Glass Lights and Two Quatrefoil Stained, Painted and Leaded Tracery Panels, All Saints, Emscote, Warwick. (18)
Jesse window - inner lights Our Lord and Kind David - outer lights Members of the Jesse Family Jesse is sleeping below.
Inscription at foot: There shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse & a branch shall grow out of his roots.
Top quatrefoil tracery panels - Virgin and Child - Joseph and Jacob
The Epistle for All Saints Day
The original brass tablet below the South Transept window read - A.M.D.G (Ad Moiorem Dei Gloram) and in memory of George Nelson of the Lawn in this Parish, who departed July 17th 1850, and of Sarah his wife who was called hence Dec 14. 1865, the transept windows of this church are filled with stained glass, as a tribute of affection, by their sons.
Hardman Glass Sales Day Book Jul 1887 – Jun 1892 (Birmingham Archives and Heritage MS175A/4/3/7/6) page 191 Apr 13, 1889; GH Nelson Esq, The Lawn, Emscote. Two transept windows North & South of four lights & tracery each.
Returned to the Hardman's and company workshop when the church was demolished in 1967. In 1968/9 they were bought by Darrell Buttery direct from the vicar of All Saints.
Sixteen panels approximately 60cm wide, 120cm high Two quatrefoil tracery panels 53cm wide, 73cm high and 51cm wide, 73.5cm high
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Auction: 20th Century Design, 7th Oct, 2023
The 20th Century Design Sale will see over 300 lots come under the hammer, with a strong, rounded offering across the spectrum of 20th Century Design. There will be over 100 lots alone of furniture and furnishings made by Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson and his workshop, led by a good private collection which includes fine pieces from the 1930s. A Private Collection from Manchester of ceramics by Pilkington Tile and Pottery Company, comprising 43 lots, will offer a good range of Royal Lancastrian wares and a host of rare tiles, and there will also be a good range of Art Deco and Arts and Crafts lots including a very finely made pair of Brass and Steel Wall Sconces with acorn and oak leaf design, made by Arts and Crafts master Ernest Gimson
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Wednesday 4 October 4pm-7pm, Thursday 5 October - Friday 6 October 10am-4pm, and morning of sale from 8am
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