Dove, Cross and Shell
detail from Baptismal Window

  Dove, Cross and Shell    detail from    Baptismal Window

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1974
Single–light window with water falling into a baptismal font, a dove descending with a scallop shell and a cross. IHS monogram on the font. Below are two bells attached to wheels for change ringing.

technique: stained glass
size: 38 cm (width)
firm/studio: Celtic Studios

Church of St John, Porthmadog, Gwynedd
west wall

Signed and dated with the mark of the firm.

Given in memory of John Owen (1872–1943) and Harriet Owen (1877–1969).





 

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References

Maurice Broady, A Vision Fulfilled: The story of Celtic Studios and Swansea's architectural glass tradition (Swansea: West Glamorgan Archive Service, 2010), p. 113.




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  Dove, Cross and Shell    detail from    Baptismal Window

Photo © Martin Crampin


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