Lot 280
ARMORIAL STAINED AND LEADED GLASS PANEL,
MID 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
rectangular window panel comprising clear and coloured glass enclosing a circular armorial and motto 'VIRTUTE ET FIDELITATE' for the Blackie family
Dimensions
160cm high, 83cm wide
Provenance
By family repute removed from Ferndene, Cove, home of the publisher Robert Blackie
Footnote
Ferndene is an early 19th century villa with later mid-century Tudoresque extensions. The architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thompson was a friend of Robert Blackie and designed the garden gates for the house in the 1860s and may have had some influence over other renovations to the house.