Vine Motifs
detail from The Annunciation

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about 1898 Oak altar clad with copper sheet. The altar frontal shows the standing figure of Mary receiving the dove of the Holy Spirit. A child angel kneels before her, all surrounded by decorative foliage. At the right is a depiction of Charles Tooth and his guardian angel. An upper panel, acting as a reredos, has vine and floriate decoration. medium: copper sheet technique: repoussé, chased size: 203 x 99.5 cm (dimensions of the main panel) artist: Henry Wilson Church of St Mark, Brithdir, Gwynedd sanctuary Dedication: Altar given by Arthur Tooth, in memory of his brother Charles.  (ObjectID=236 ImageID=3895) Original File Name=_MG_4557.jpg

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• Holy Ghost represented as a dove 
• the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel  [Luke 1:26-38]

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 562.

Photo © Martin Crampin