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Panel

ca. 1434 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Ogival-headed panel with figure of St. Stephen under a crocketed canopy holding a book in his right hand, a stone in his left hand. He wears a plain dalmatic of red, bordered with yellow and white freinge, with a panel of blue down the front and stands against a blue background. Yellow tonsured locks. At his feet there is an inscription.


Object details

Categories
British Galleries
Stained Glass
Object type
Panel
Materials and techniques
Stained glass
Stained Glass
Brief description
Panel of clear and coloured glass with painted and stained details depicting St Stephen. English, about 1434. Said to have come from Hampton Court, Herefordshire.
Physical description
Ogival-headed panel with figure of St. Stephen under a crocketed canopy holding a book in his right hand, a stone in his left hand. He wears a plain dalmatic of red, bordered with yellow and white freinge, with a panel of blue down the front and stands against a blue background. Yellow tonsured locks. At his feet there is an inscription.
Dimensions
  • In wood frame height: 119.5cm (measured by hand)
  • In wood frame width: 57.2cm (measured by hand)
  • In wood frame depth: 2.0cm (measured by hand)
Marks and inscriptions
Scs Stephan...
Translation
Saint Stephen
Object history
From the chapel at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, probably built by Sir Roland Lenthall about 1434.
Bought from Wilfrid Drake along with C.237-1931 for £3500.
Production
from Hampton Court, Herefordshire
Bibliographic references
  • Nelson, Philip., Ancient Painted Glass in England, London, 1913
  • Caviness, Madeline, 'Fifteenth century stained glass from the chapel of Hampton Court, Herefordshire: the Apostles' Creed and other subjects', The Walpole Society, vol.42, 1968-70, pp.35-60
  • Dingley, Thomas, History from Marble, compiled in the reign of Charles II, printed for the Camden Society, 1867
  • C.J. Robinson, Manor Houses of Herefordshire, 1872
  • Williamson, Paul. Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2003. ISBN 1851774041
  • Glass, or Glass-making as a creative art through the ages, Leeds : Temple Newsam House, 1961 184
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.236-1931

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Record createdApril 28, 1998
Record URL
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