Stained glass panel
Category
Stained glass
Date
1400 - 1824
Materials
Lead, Stained
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500279
Summary
A panel of stained glass with two distinct sections; to the top a shield bearing the arms of Smith of Withcote, and below a shield bearing the arms of Gerard. The lower one has a border of opaque and coloured glass. The panel around is filled by a variety of fragments including the Legh of Lyme arms in the top left.
Provenance
Much of the stained glass at Lyme Park was originally made to be displayed in St Mary's Church in Disley. Some of this glass was removed in the early nineteenth century by Thomas Legh and re-housed in the Drawing Room and Porter's Lodge, probably during Wyatt's remodelling, which began in 1814. Other fragments may be European in origin, dating from a range of periods; it is thought that Thomas Legh may have collected these examples during his travels abroad.
Marks and inscriptions
[M] (a fragment of an inscription painted in yellow in the top right of this section)