Hardman & Co Antique Lancet-Arched Stained Glass Panel

An antique lancet-arched stained glass window of five biblical figures by Hardman & Co, Birmingham.

Competently painted, this dramatic stained glass window dates to 1889, once a part of an impressive larger window named ‘Epistle for All Saints Day’ reclaimed from the south transept of All Saints Emscote church, Warwick.

This scene depicts five figures surrounded by scrolls reading Achaz (Ahaz), Manasses (Manasseh), Ezeckias (Ezechias), and Joazham (Joachim).

Ahaz was the twelfth king of Judah and Manasses, meaning ‘he that causes to forget’, was the eldest son of Joseph and the Egyptian Asenath.

Ezechias, also known as Hezekiah, was the king of Judah and considered righteous in both the Second Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles. Although Joazham is not mentioned in the bible, he is a figure in the apocryphal gospel of James, described as a wealthy man who regularly gave to the poor.

This is just one of eight stained and hand painted panels that once made this striking church window.

Now a stunning and detailed interior feature, the vivid colours of this panel would look striking flooded with daylight in a traditional home, a sympathetically decorated converted chapel or ecclesiastical building.

Hardman & Co

Renowned makers Hardman & Co made Birmingham a popular spot for stained glass operating between 1838 and 2008 as a world-leading stained-glass manufacturer.

Founder John Hardman led the company to be one of the country’s leading manufacturers in the 19th and 20th century.

They went on to create windows for churches and houses all over the world. Most of the company’s windows were made for buildings in Britain and Ireland.

Many also went overseas to countries which were then part of the British Empire such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. Others also went to the USA.

Some windows went to churches in big cities while others went to tiny settlements.

Many of Hardman & Co’s records and designs are now divided between the Library of Birmingham and Birmingham Museums Trust.