Quarry
ca. 1522-ca. 1538 (made)
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This quarry or lozenge-shaped segment of a window bears the golden grasshopper crest of the Gresham family, the most prominent merchant dynasty of Tudor London. The grasshopper, a heraldic pun on the name Gresham ('Gres' is the Anglo-Saxon word for grass), grasps the letter 'M' for Lady Mary Gresham. Lady Mary was wife of Sir John Gresham (1492-1556), who was knighted in 1537, became Lord Mayor in 1547, and was the founder of Gresham's School in his birthplace, Holt, Norfolk.
The quarry comes from Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey, former home of the Leveson-Gower family, descendants of the Greshams. If, as seems likely, the quarry was made specifically for Titsey Place, which Sir John bought in 1534, it can be dated to between 1534 and 1538.
The quarry comes from Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey, former home of the Leveson-Gower family, descendants of the Greshams. If, as seems likely, the quarry was made specifically for Titsey Place, which Sir John bought in 1534, it can be dated to between 1534 and 1538.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Yellow silver-stain and dark-brown oxide paint on clear glass |
| Brief description | Quarry of stained and painted glass the crest of Lady Mary Gresham, depicting a yellow grasshopper grasping the initial 'M', England, ca. 1522-38 |
| Physical description | Quarry of stained and painted glass depicting a yellow grasshopper grasping the initial 'I', in dark brown, and standing on tufts of yellow grass - the crest of Sir John Gresham. |
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| Object history | Made for Sir John Gresham (1492-1556), member of the London merchant dynasty. Passed through female line to the Leveson-Gower family, a cadet branch of the Dukes of Sutherland. On the death of Thomas Leveson-Gower in 1992, left to the Titsey Foundation which cares for the Leveson-Gower estate, Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey. |
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| Summary | This quarry or lozenge-shaped segment of a window bears the golden grasshopper crest of the Gresham family, the most prominent merchant dynasty of Tudor London. The grasshopper, a heraldic pun on the name Gresham ('Gres' is the Anglo-Saxon word for grass), grasps the letter 'M' for Lady Mary Gresham. Lady Mary was wife of Sir John Gresham (1492-1556), who was knighted in 1537, became Lord Mayor in 1547, and was the founder of Gresham's School in his birthplace, Holt, Norfolk. The quarry comes from Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey, former home of the Leveson-Gower family, descendants of the Greshams. If, as seems likely, the quarry was made specifically for Titsey Place, which Sir John bought in 1534, it can be dated to between 1534 and 1538. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information File |
| Other number | LOAN:LEVESON GOWER.3 - Previous loan number |
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| Accession number | C.140-2003 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2003 |
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