Status: |
Destroyed [LJA2011] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Main Memorial Window (Spooner Memorial Window) |
Theme: |
Good Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 117 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
|
Other documentation: |
[WW1900] |
Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
Semantha Stillman Main (1 May 1808 - 23 Mar 1877) [WW1900, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
her daughter, Annie Elizabeth Main (Mrs. John Colt) Spooner [WW1900, FINDAGRAVE] |
Date: |
Installed ca. Jul 1900 [WW1900, DEDUCED] |
Lancets: |
3 [WW1900] |
Inscription: |
In Loving Memory of / Samantha Stillman Main. / Born in 1808. Died in 1877. / Erected by her Daughter, / Annie Main Spooner [WW1900] |
Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Spooner Memorial Window because Mrs. Spooner was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
Comment: |
Destroyed by fire, 29 Jul 1900 [LJA2011] |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
LJA2011: |
Lyle J. Anderson, personal communication (via Donald Traser) (17 Feb 2011) |
TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
TIFF1896: |
Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896) |
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) |
WW1900: |
The Weekly Wisconsin (18 Aug 1900, p. 1) |