Lot 311
WILLIAM WILSON (1905-1972) §
STAINED AND LEADED GLASS PANEL, CIRCA 1954
Auction: 29 October 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£12,500
Description
worked with a central fish motif, within an entwined border
Dimensions
91cm x 48cm
Footnote
Note: These fine stained glass windows by William Wilson RSA (1905-1972), one of Scotland's finest stained glass artists, are to be offered for sale at Lyon & Turnbull on October 29th. Wilson started his career as a map maker before serving an apprenticeship with James Ballantine & Son in Edinburgh in 1920 and opened his own stained glass studio in 1937. During his career he produced over 300 windows, for churches, cathedrals and secular buildings all over Scotland including these examples, installed at the chapel of Convent of St. Mary Reparatrice, Elie in 1954 (now demolished).