About this piece
back to topAn antique Hardman & Co stained glass window of a religious scene depicting an angel and followers.
The lancet-arched shape of the top panel shows the angel swinging a thurible, a religious medium used to connect the earthly and divine realms.
While the bottom half showcases an angel stamping crosses to the foreheads of their Godly followers.
A forehead marked with the sign of the cross symbolises that the person belongs to Jesus Christ, as he died on a cross. This is the same spiritual mark given to a Christian during a baptism, when he is delivered from sin.
Competently painted, this dramatic stained glass window dates to 1889, once a part of an impressive larger window named ‘the Tree of Jesse Window’ reclaimed from the north transept of All Saints Emscote church, Warwick.
This is just one of ten stained and hand painted panels that once made this striking church window.
The vivid colours of this panel would look striking flooded with daylight as a stunning and detailed interior feature 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.
Additional dimensions
Top panel – Height 113cm x width 50cm x depth 1cm. Weight 10kg.
Bottom panel – Height 111.5cm x with 49.5cm x depth 1cm. Weight 10kg.
