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Tiffany Census

Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 21.11.1
Rating: 1 star
Other name(s): Peabody School
Address: 282 Farmers Row
Location: Groton, Massachusetts 01450, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.5938, -71.58448
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 213
Tiffany 1897: Page 41
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.11.1.1: Potter Memorial Window: Jacob's Dream (1897) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 21.11.1.1

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Potter Memorial Window:  Jacob's Dream
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Potter Memorial Window
Theme: Jacob's Dream [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 67
Duncan 1980: Page 213
Tiffany 1897: Page 41
Signature: Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., 1897 [DT2012]
Other documentation: [BET1897]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [BSH1897, BDA1897, BET1897, BSP1897]
Memorial details: Warwick Potter (31 Oct 1870 - 11 Oct 1893) [ORG, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: probably the Potter family [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Date: Dedicated Easter Sunday, 18 Apr 1897 [BSH1897, BDA1897, BET1897, BSP1897]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category: Jacob
History: Originally in the old chapel, 1897-1900, now in the school's main classroom building [ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 (p. 89) quotes an extract from a letter by Warwick Potter's mother, Abby Austin Potter, saying "how delighted we all are with the window" [TIFF1897, WEB]

References

BDA1897: Boston Daily Advertiser (9 Apr 1897)
BET1897: Boston Evening Transcript (14 Apr 1897, p. 16)
BSH1897: Boston Sunday Herald (11 Apr 1897, p. 29)
BSP1897: Boston Sunday Post (11 Apr 1897, p. 24)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DT2012: Donald Traser, personal communication (18 Sep 2012)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
ORG: Organization
PHOTO: Photo of item
TIFF1886: Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893: Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1897: A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910: A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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