East Window

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1980 Two-light window of a principally abstract design, containing numerous small symbols, flowers and butterflies. A cross and dove are indicated in the upper part of the two lights. technique: stained glass size: 63 cm (width of each light) artist: John Petts Church of St Stephen, Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire east wall of the chancel Signed by the artist. The artist, who lived in Llansteffan, moved the two-light window by Celtic Studios to the east wall of the north chapel, to make room for the new memorial window, in memory of Doris Baker. The theme of the window is the eucharist. The three interlocking circles indicate the Trinity. For a full description and interpretation see Alison Smith's article (2010).  (ObjectID=4249 ImageID=7950) Original File Name=Llansteffan_DSC5089.jpg

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• the Eucharist - the fourth of the seven sacraments 
• three interlocked circles - Trinity 

Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), pp. 217, 220, 222, 226.

Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 232-3.

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 334.

Photo © Martin Crampin