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Glass coloring and color marking. Beer bottles of different colors. Glass coloring and color marking may be obtained in several ways. by the addition of coloring ions, [1][2] by precipitation of nanometer-sized colloids (so-called striking glasses[1] such as "gold ruby" [3] or red "selenium ruby"), [2] Ancient Roman enamelled glass, 1st century ...
A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a sharp lancet pointed arch at its top. [1] It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. [2] Instances of this architectural element are typical of Gothic church edifices of the earliest period. Lancet windows may occur singly, or paired under a single moulding, or grouped in an ...
The partners were John Richard Clayton (1827–1913) and Alfred Bell (1832–1895). The company was founded in 1855 and continued until 1993. Their windows are found throughout the United Kingdom, in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Clayton and Bell's commercial success was due to the high demand for stained-glass windows ...
In the mid-19th century, Lavers, Barraud and Westlake were among many young designers who responded to the growing market for stained glass windows. The partnership initially comprised Nathaniel Wood Lavers (1828–1911) and Francis Philip Barraud (1824–1900). [note 1] Both were originally employed at the workshops of James Powell and Sons.
The Egwin and Eof window in St Lawrence's Church, Evesham, Worcestershire. Geoffrey Fuller Webb (5 August 1879 – 20 January 1954) [1] [2] was an English stained-glass artist and designer of church furnishings, based for most of his career in East Grinstead. He was a nephew of the architect Sir Aston Webb and a pupil of Charles Eamer Kempe and ...
The window is known as the Neil Gow Stained Glass Window given that it was the gift of Neil Gow, of Perth, in memory of his parents. [57] St Lawrence Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire: 1934 Davis completed a two-light window for this church. The left-hand light depicts the Annunciation and in the right-hand light an Angel lifts a chalice up to Heaven.
After completing his training, Nuttgens worked at Mary Lowndes and Alfred Drury's Glass House in Fulham under Karl Parsons and Martin Travers. [7] In addition to having the talent and skill to create whole works of his own, he was also able to adapt other people's drawings for translation into works of stained glass, [3] to produce designs for other glassmakers, including James Powell and Sons ...
The primary characteristics of early English glass are deep rich colours, particularly deep blues and ruby reds, often with a streaky and uneven colour, which adds to their appeal; their mosaic quality, being composed of an assembly of small pieces; the importance of the iron work, which becomes part of the design; and the simple and bold style of the painting of faces and details.