Brief description: Black and white photograph of a single light window depicting St George on a sailing ship. Designed at the Goddard and Gibbs Studio, London
This design, delightfully medieval in scale, shows an English soldier, perhaps St. George himself, in full plate armour, with a St. George Cross over his breastplate. He holds a ginormous sword and stands proudly on a sailing ship, which flies a British pennant from the mast. A tower at the back flies a massive royal standard. The window matches the original design in most respects, except the pennant has changed to one resembling the Royal Navy Church pennant, which lets other ships know a religious service is currently taking place, a neat detail for a stained glass window in a church. Commissioned by Royal Standard Beaconsfield. Goddard and Gibbs job number 21/ 82354/B, FAN 4688. Goddard & Gibbs, founded from a merger of Walter Gibbs & Sons and Goddard's Glass Works in 1938, were prominent makers of stained glass for the international market and also conserved and restored glass.
Object type: photographic material photograph
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 3.1964
Production period: 20th century
Manufacturer: Goddard and Gibbs
Dimensions: Height: 150 mm, Width: 200 mm
Original location: Royal Standard Public House, Eldridge, Beaconsfield England
Acquisition: gift 18.3.2025
Acquisition source: Ratcliffe, S
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:2025.4.82
