Finger plate
Sir Laurence Whistler, CBE (1912 - 2000)
Category
Glass
Date
1953
Materials
Glass
Measurements
420 x 90 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769406.2
Summary
One of three engraved and gilded glass finger plates for the doors to the Whistler Room, Mottisfont Abbey, designed by Sir Laurence Whistler (1912-2000) and made by Pugh Brothers, London,1953.
Provenance
Commissioned for the Whistler Room, Mottisfont Abbey by Maud Russell, 1953. Transferred to the National Trust with Mottisfont Abbey Estate under Maud Russell's Memorandum of Understanding, 1957.
Makers and roles
Sir Laurence Whistler, CBE (1912 - 2000), designer Charles Pugh (Glass) Ltd, maker