Percy Bacon & Brothers Stained Glass

Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers

Ashurst, St Martin of Tours

Kent

Cinquefoil light in baptstery: Christ blessing children.
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Baptistery Window: Christ blessing children.
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Baptistery: Christ blessing children: 1910.

Posted 13 October 2024.

In 1904 George Fellowes-Prynne was engaged to carry out significant alterations in St Martin of Tours. A little while later in 1910 he designed the stained glass for the cinquefoil window in the baptistery, engaging his "go-to" stained glass company of Percy Bacon and Brothers to execute the work. The small window depicts in a roundel Christ blessing little children surrounded by putti, the scroll reading, "Suffer the little children to come unto me" (Matthew 19:14).

Ruth Sharville in her excellent website dedicated to the work of Fellowes-Prynne has more information about the alterations to the church and about this window.¹ She quotes the incumbent at the time, who at Christmas 1910 remarked;

"The little rose window…has now been filled with stained glass… I am pleased that it has met with such general approval, and I think such a beautiful and artistic representation of our Lord blessing little children deserves to be admired. Mr. Fellowes Prynne kindly painted the picture and superintended the burning of the glass without charging any fee, and the glass, which cost £20, was entrusted to Messrs. Percy Bacon & Bros., of London".

The window which was funded by those who had been baptised in the church was unveiled on Sunday 23rd October 1910.²

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https://www.georgefellowesprynne.org.uk/ashurst-kent-st-martin-of-tours/.
Tunbridge Wells Courier Fri, 28 Oct 1910, Page 10.

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