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Tiffany Census

St. James Church, Pittston, Pennsylvania

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: 33.53.1
Rating: Nothing
Address: Charles Street
Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania 18640, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.32189, -75.79079 (very approx)
Tiffany 1910: Page 106
Duncan 1980: Page 221
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: No more
Building date: 1904-1905 [PG1904, PG1905A]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.53.1.1: Wisner Memorial Window: Te Deum (1905) (Removed)

Item 33.53.1.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [CHR1999, DEDUCED]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Wisner Memorial Window (Jones Memorial Window)
Theme: Te Deum [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 106
Duncan 1980: Page 221
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK [CHR1999]
Other documentation: [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905]
Memorial details: Rensselaer Jay Wisner (2 Mar 1820 or 4 Mar 1821 - 18 Jan 1883 or 1884), his first wife, Anna Evelyn Johnson Wisner (27 Feb 1828 - 8 Mar 1862) and his second wife, Margaret Falls Wisner (15 Aug 1823 - 9 Jan 1896) [PG1905B, WBSWR1905, INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE, CHR1999]
Donor: daughter / daughter / step-daughter, Louise Evelyn Wisner (Mrs. Thomas Edward) Jones [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: In place when church consecrated, 11 May 1905 [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905]
Size: about 12' high x 7' wide [WBSWR1905]
each lancet sold at Christie's, 6' 3" high x 1' 9" wide [CHR1999]
Lancets: 4 [WBSWR1905]
Inscription: In memory of // Rensselaer J Wisner / March 4 1821 - January 18 1884 // Anna Evelyn Johnson Wisner / February 27 1828 - March 8 1862 // Margaret Falls Wisner / August 15 1823 - January 9 1896 [WBSWR1905, CHR1999, PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Category: Te Deum
Location: chancel [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905]
History: The two central lancets were sold at Christie's 29 Nov 1999, for $63000 [CHR1999, DEDUCED]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Jones Memorial Window because Mrs. Jones was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

References

CHR1999: Christie's, New York (29 Nov 1999, Live auction 9286, Lot 282)
CHU1905: The Churchman (20 May 1905, p. 776)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
PG1904: The Pittston Gazette (17 Oct 1904, p. 8)
PG1905A: The Pittston Gazette (10 May 1905, p. 1)
PG1905B: The Pittston Gazette (20 May 1905, p. 7)
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)
WBSWR1905: Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record (23 May 1905, p. 5)
WBT1905: The Wilkes-Barre Times (20 May 1905, p. 2)

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