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Tiffany Census

All Saints Episcopal Church, Lakewood, New Jersey

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: 30.25.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 213 Madison Avenue
Location: Lakewood, New Jersey 08701, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.09214, -74.21641
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Tiffany 1893: Listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 also list "Baptistry Gates" [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1897 (p. 72) quotes an extract from a letter by Helen M. Strong thanking Tiffany for the care with one of the memorial windows (unspecified, but evidently the Hart, Mumford, Palmer and Strong Memorial Window) and for the baptistry gates and a screen [TIFF1897]
Tiffany 1897 (p. 73) quotes an extract from a letter by Mr. W.J. Harrison enclosing a check from Mrs. Strong for the Baptistry [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1884 [ORG]; 1891 [ORG]
Architect:
Also of interest: 1906 sanctuary lamp by Church Glass and Decorating Company [AR1906]
1907 Welsh Memorial Window, "Faith", by Gorham [CHU1907, ORG]
1908 Kimball Memorial Window, "John the Baptist", by Lamb Studios [ORG]

Site Items

30.25.1.1: Hart, Mumford, Palmer and Strong Memorial Window: ornamental (1891) (Extant) item has a photo
30.25.1.2: Kingdon Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Little Children (1896) (Extant) item has a photo
30.25.1.3: Kingdon Memorial Window: ornamental windows (1896) (Extant) item has a photo
30.25.1.4.a: Brown Memorial Tablet: mosaic tablet (1892) (Extant) item has a photo
30.25.1.4.b: Piffard Memorial Tablet: mosaic tablet (1892) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 30.25.1.1

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Hart, Mumford, Palmer and Strong Memorial Window:  ornamental
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Hart, Mumford, Palmer and Strong Memorial Window
Description: ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Abby Louisa Hart Strong (1 Apr 1814 - 26 Apr 1840), Anne Elizabeth Hart Mumford (6 Sep 1816 - 7 May 1876), Truman Hart (9 Dec 1784 - 7 Feb 1838), Susan Carpenter Hart (6 Jul 1795 - 24 Aug 1875), Susan Augusta Hart Palmer (24 Mar 1824 - 13 Nov 1890) [INSCRIPTION, ORG, FINDAGRAVE, CARP1898]
Donor: sister / sister / daughter / daughter / sister, Helen Mary Hart (Mrs. William Kerley) Strong [NJC1891, NYTR1893, ORG, FINDAGRAVE, CARP1898]
Date: Installed ca. May 1891 [NJC1891]
Lancets: 4 [PHOTO]
Inscription: ST MATTHEW // ST MARK // ST LUKE // ST JOHN // AHS 1840 AEM 1876 // TRUMAN HART 1858 // SUSAN C HART 1875 // SHP 1890 [PHOTO, ORG]
Category: Ornamental
Location: north transept [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, NJC1891, ORG]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list this as a Transept Memorial Window without giving a name [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment: Mr. Hart's grave says he died in 1838, the window inscription says 1858 [DEDUCED]
For further information, see the church tour page [ORG]

Item 30.25.1.2

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Kingdon Memorial Window:  Christ Blessing Little Children
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Kingdon Memorial Window
Theme: Christ Blessing Little Children [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer: probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment: Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of (the right half of) a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details: Catherine Mary Kingdon (21 Jul 1862 - 24 Mar 1866) [INSCRIPTION, NJC1896B, NYT1896A, NYT1896B]
Donor: her mother, Mary Carter Kingdon [NJC1896A, NJC1896B, NYT1896A, NYT1896B, ORG]
Date: Unveiled Easter Sunday, 5 Apr 1896 [NYT1896A, ORG]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, NYT1896B]
Inscription: SVFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME VNTO ME // IN MEMORY OF / CATHERINE MARY KINGDON [PHOTO]
Category: Christ Blessing Children
Comment: For further information, see the church tour page [ORG]

Item 30.25.1.3

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Kingdon Memorial Window:  ornamental windows Kingdon Memorial Window:  ornamental windows
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Kingdon Memorial Window
Description: ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Catherine Mary Kingdon (21 Jul 1862 - 24 Mar 1866) [NJC1896B, NYT1896B, ORG, DEDUCED]
Donor: her mother, Mary Carter Kingdon [NJC1896B, NYT1896B, ORG]
Date: Installed ca. Nov 1896 [NYT1896B]
Unveiled Thanksgiving Day, 26 Nov 1896 [ORG]
Lancets: 2 [PHOTO, NYT1896B]
Inscription: ISRAEL SHALL BLOSSOM AND BVD, AND FILL / THE FACE OF THE WORLD WITH FRVIT // I AM THE TRVE VINE, AND MY / FATHER IS THE HVSBANDMAN [PHOTO]
Category: Ornamental
Comment: The two panes of this window lie on either side of the "Christ Blessing Little Children" window (ITEM:30.25.1.2) [PHOTO]
For further information, see the church tour page [ORG]

Item 30.25.1.4.a

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Brown Memorial Tablet:  mosaic tablet
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Brown Memorial Tablet
Description: mosaic tablet [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Mary Louise Brown (22 Jun 1866 - 4 Aug 1885) [INSCRIPTION, NYTR1893]
Donor: Helen Mary Hart (Mrs. William Kerley) Strong [NYTR1893, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed ca. Dec 1892 [NYTR1893]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY LOUISE BROWN / JUNE TWENTY-SECOND / MDCCCLVI AUGUST / FOURTH MDCCCLXXXV / BLESSED ARE THE / PURE IN HEART FOR / THEY SHALL SEE GOD [PHOTO]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 list the Brown and Piffard tablets as "mosaic tablets" without giving any name [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Comment: For further information, see the church tour page [ORG]

Item 30.25.1.4.b

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Piffard Memorial Tablet:  mosaic tablet
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Piffard Memorial Tablet
Description: mosaic tablet [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 83
Duncan 1980: Page 217
Tiffany 1897: Page 50
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details: Henry Haight Piffard (28 Feb 1869 - 27 Sep 1892) [INSCRIPTION, NYTR1893]
Donor: his grandmother, Helen Mary Hart (Mrs. William Kerley) Strong [NYTR1893, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Installed ca. Dec 1892 [NYTR1893]
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HENRY HAIGHT PIFFARD / FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHT/ MDCCCLXIX SEPTEMBER / TWENTY-SEVENTH MDCCCXCII / FOR HIS SOUL PLEASED / THE LORD THERE-FORE / HASTENED HE TO TAKE HIM [PHOTO]
Comment: For further information, see the church tour page [ORG]

References

AR1906: Architectural Record (Church Glass & Decorating Company advert) (Aug 1906)
CARP1898: A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter Faimly in America brought down from their English ancester, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families, Amos B. Carpenter (1898, p. 152)
CHU1907: The Churchman (24 Aug 1907, p. 274)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
NJC1891: New Jersey Courier (28 May 1891, p. 2)
NJC1896A: New Jersey Courier (9 Apr 1896, p. 1)
NJC1896B: New Jersey Courier (19 Nov 1896, p. 1)
NYT1896A: New York Times (12 Apr 1896, p. 21)
NYT1896B: New York Times (22 Nov 1896)
NYTR1893: New York Daily Tribune (1 Jan 1893, p. 22)
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)
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)

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