A collection of seventeen original designs for stained glass windows, late 19th century

A collection of seventeen original designs for stained glass windows, late 19^th century,

With works by,
JAS Powell & Sons, Whitefriars Glass Works,
Bell & Almond,

Each in pen, ink and watercolour on paper, some with annotations in pencil or ink, all mounted, framed and under glass, later annotations verso

Including,
S. Johns Bapt. Bathwick
St. Pauls Church Knightsbridge – this signed D. Bell,
Newick Church East – this signed JAS Powell & Sons,
Shouldham Ch. Church Norfolk – this with B&A embossed stamp

Overall dimensions: the largest 61.5cm x 41cm, the smallest 34.5cm x 21cm

Notes: Whitefriars Glassworks was England's longest producing glassworks. The firm is believed to have been established in 1680, and was purchased by James Powell in 1834, with production continuing until 1980. Although the firm produced high quality art glass on a par with Tiffany, it is best known for its stained glass. The firm under Powell became an innovative world leader in the field of decorative glass, and business was aided by the building of hundreds of new churches during the Victorian era. During the latter part of the nineteenth century Whitefriars Glass formed associations with a number of leading artists and designers, including Philip Webb, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones and William De Morgan.

Bell & Almod was a stained glass partnership between Daniel Bell (b.1840) and the architect Richard Almond (b.1841). They were based in London and believed to have operated circa 1866 to 1872.