Lunette panel
David Evans (fl.1836)
Category
Stained glass
Date
circa 1836
Materials
Stained glass, lead and wood
Place of origin
Shrewsbury
Collection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1422298.1
Summary
A stained glass lunette, one of six panels attributed to Betton and Evans of Shrewsbury, circa 1836. A heraldic design of three well proportioned shields containing three white lions on a ruby ground, a gold rampant lion on ruby ground with gold border, and a ruby lion on gold ground. With a zig zag border of blue flowers on a red ground edged in yellow. Executed in coloured glass, rich silver stains and glass enamels.
Provenance
Probably amongst the stained glass that the Dawkins-Pennant family commissioned Betton & Evans of Shrewsbury to make. David Evans of Shrewsbury was paid £7 6s for stained glass in 1836.
Makers and roles
David Evans (fl.1836), stained glass maker