Panel
1859 - 1860 (made)
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The panel is made up of nine recatangular quarries of greenish-white glass painted in a reddish-brown pigment and yellow silver stain. Each quarry has two lines painted across the top and bottom.
From left to right they depict: (1) a hen and chick, (2) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (3) a bird, possibly a jackdaw, (4) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (5) a flying duck, (6) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (7) a heron, (8) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (9) a cock.
From left to right they depict: (1) a hen and chick, (2) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (3) a bird, possibly a jackdaw, (4) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (5) a flying duck, (6) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (7) a heron, (8) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (9) a cock.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stained and painted glass with leadwork |
| Brief description | Stained glass panel probably designed by Philip Webb, ca. 1859 - 1860, possibly from the nursery at the Red House. |
| Physical description | The panel is made up of nine recatangular quarries of greenish-white glass painted in a reddish-brown pigment and yellow silver stain. Each quarry has two lines painted across the top and bottom. From left to right they depict: (1) a hen and chick, (2) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (3) a bird, possibly a jackdaw, (4) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (5) a flying duck, (6) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (7) a heron, (8) a plant with frond-like leaves and crescent-shaped flowers, (9) a cock. |
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| Object history | Said to have come from the Nursery at Red House, Bexleyheath, Kent. Similar, smaller quarries can still be seen in the lower corridor of that house. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419 |
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| Accession number | C.63-1979 |
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| Record created | July 16, 1998 |
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