Stained Glass of Percy Bacon & Brothers

South Chapel East: St Edward and St Eunice.

Image © John Salmon (Victorian Web).

South Chapel East: St Edward.

Image © John Salmon (Victorian Web).

South Chapel East: St Eunice.

Image © John Salmon (Victorian Web).

South Chapel East: St Edward and St Eunice. 1898
Image © John Salmon (Victorian Web)

Posted 25 August 2024.

Robert Eberhard in his Church Stained Glass Records gives this to Percy Bacon under a stylistic attribution. Despite not having any confirmation that this window is from the Bacon Studio, it almost certainly is. Aside from the obvious Bacon style over-elaborate canopies, the capital 'S' -   - in the saint's names and in the dedication are very characteristic.

The image here excludes the tracery light. The window of two lights has representations of St Edward and St Eunice. It is not clear whether this Edward is Edward the Confessor, or Edward the Martyr both of whom were English kings, and who are both often portrayed crowned, and holding a sword and orb, as here. St Eunice holds an open book with the words from Proverbs 31:28, "Her children arise and call her blessed". The dedication reads:

Maria Copley was Sir Frederick's second wife.

The window is unsigned.

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