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Holy Trinity's Stained Glass Windows

Holy Trinity is blessed with a collection of beautiful stained glass windows. Visitors to the Church will find a laminated guide to this "Gallery of Glass" as they enter the church.

Most of the windows came from the Melbourne workshops of Brooks, Robinson and Co. which began in 1854 as import agents, dealing in window and table glass and interior-decorating supplies. They later moved into commercial glazing, particularly shopfronts, but did not produce stained-glass windows until the 1880s. Their big opportunity came in the 1890s when they were engaged to install St Paul's Cathedral's great cycle of stained-glass windows, made by Clayton & Bell in London. Their stained-glass studio flourished, and after the closure of Ferguson & Urie attained a dominant position in the trade. Almost all the Australian glass artists of the early 20th century passed through their studio. Their work is represented in the Princess Theatre and St John's, Toorak. However, the stained-glass studio closed after Brooks Robinson was taken over by Email Pty Ltd in 1963. (From Melbourne... click HERE for more information on stained glass makers in Melbourne)

The Montgomery Windows

London and German trained William Montgomery arrived in Melbourne in 1887 and set up at 164 Flinders Street, bringing the latest in European style and design and achieving instant success with his church, public building and domestic designs. He worked equally for Catholic and Protestant denominations, his windows being found in many churches and mansions 

Ruth

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The first twin window on the north wall (near the Choir Vestry) represents the ideal  Mother - RUTH  and her son. It was given in memory of Margaret  Hall  May 1915.

The second twin window is Ruth  the Gleaner.  To the memory of Lynia  Marret  Hampshire    10-2-1923.  Parishioner ladies  of  Holy Trinity.

This is, we believe, the first stained glass window given  to Holy Trinity as a memorial window.

The window was made by Montgomery.

For more information, click HERE
  


St. Cecilia

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Saint Cecilia  Patron Saint of Musicians by the Artist  Montgomery (see April Pilot for more on William Montgomery) .

 “Behold; I  stand at the door and knock If anyone hears my voice I will go in!” Revelations

The window was a memorial to her Sister given by Miss Ada  Brown who was a faithful organist at Holy Trinity for 40 Years.

For more information, click
HERE


The "Waller" Window - our Christmas window

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​This stunning window, in the Art Deco style, was commissioned from one of Australia’s most famous stained glass artists, Napier Waller (see left).

The Nativity of our Lord:  This Window tells the events of Christ`s birth. 2  Arch Angels , Mother Mary  Joseph and Christ.,  2 shepherds,   3  Kings  and angels.

The Roundel is the Brown Family Crest.

Given In memory of Her  Mother and Sister by Miss Ada  Browne (Miss Browne was long time Organist at Holy Trinity for 40 years)






ABOUT NAPIER WALLER:

Born in Victoria in 1893, Napier Waller trained as an artist. He married fellow art student, Christian Yandell in 1915.

He lost his right arm  at the battle of Bullecourt and on his return to Australia taught himself to paint left handed. He preferred to work in stained glass and murals and his work can be found in the Melbourne Town Hall, the State Library and Myer Emporium . His
most stunning mosaics grace the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial.

He was awarded an OBE in his lifetime and died in 1972.

We are incredibly honoured to have a Waller window in our own Gallery of Glass.


MARTHA AND MARY - Evolution of a window
 (From the State Library of Victoria...)

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Sumner, Alan, 1911-1994, artist.
Notes:Title assigned by cataloguer.
Notes:Not dated.
Notes:Signed below subject l.r.
Notes:Title, date and further information supplied by stained glass historian, Dr. Bronwyn Hughes.
Notes:Gift ; Alan Sumner Estate; 2009.
Notes:Born in Melbourne in 1911, Alan Sumner studied at Collingwood and Melbourne Technical Colleges, the National Gallery of Victoria School and at the George Bell School. A painter, silkscreen printer and stained glass designer to the early modernist painter William Frater, he was the head of the National Gallery School from 1954 to 1962. 


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Sumner's original concept sketch... in the SLV

THE RESURRECTION WINDOW

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  • Popular legend had it that this  beautiful window that dominates the Sanctuary was made in England for a different church and brought to Williamstown by  Mrs  Dorothy Raverty,  step mother of Reverend  J.  Raverty  who had it installed in memory of her  parents.  Strange that  it exactly fitted our window space!

  • Recent investigations have unearthed the truth... it was made in the workshops of the local stained glass manufacturers Brookes, Robinson and Co. to a standard pattern (see insert window from St. Cuthberts)
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  • (There is something unusual about the window - have a look at the hand bestowing the blessing, which is normally shown as the right hand not the left... did the artist get the template the wrong way around?)
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  • Whatever its fault, who has not seen this window fully lit at the closing of the day and marvelled at the beauty and the message of the Resurrection?


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More information on the windows...

STAINED GLASS AUSTRALIA :  FLICKR PHOTO ALBUM
Ferguson and Urie:  Post on the Holy Trinity Windows

Photos on this page are courtesy of Ray Brown. The photo used in the header is by local photographer George Dipa Jekic
All text and photographs within this site are copyright Holy Trinity Anglican Church Williamstown, unless otherwise attributed.
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