Tiffany Census

St. John's Episcopal Church, Waterbury, Connecticut

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:	8.39.3
Rating:	1 star
Address:	16 Church Street
Location:	Waterbury, Connecticut 06702, USA
Lat/Lng:	41.55679, -73.04401
Tiffany 1910:	Page 48
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	Medium
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1870 [HIST1907]
Architect:	Henry Dudley [ORG]
Comment:	There are two more windows in the church which the congregation thinks are by Tiffany [ORG]
Also of interest:	1908 bronze Rowland Memorial tablet by Tiffany [CHU1908]

Site Items

8.39.3.1:	Kingsbury Memorial Window (Unknown)
8.39.3.2:	Merriman Memorial Window: St. Simeon (Extant)
8.39.3.3:	Curtiss Memorial Window: Call of Matthew (1907) (Extant)
8.39.3.4:	Driggs Memorial Window: Te Deum (Extant)

Item 8.39.3.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:	Kingsbury Memorial Window
Tiffany 1910:	Page 48
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:

Item 8.39.3.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Merriman Memorial Window
Theme:	St. Simeon [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 48
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios, New York [ORG]
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Charles Buckingham Merriman (9 Oct 1809 - 5 Mar 1889) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1907, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:
Date:
Size:	each lancet is 62" high by 17" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	"Now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace according to Thy word." // In memory of Charles Buckingham Merriman 1809-1889 [PHOTO, HIST1907]
Category:	Presentation in the Temple

Item 8.39.3.3

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Curtiss Memorial Window: Call of Matthew

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Curtiss Memorial Window (Poore Memorial Window)
Theme:	Call of Matthew [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Christ Preaching to the Apostle [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 48
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Tiffany Studios N.Y. [ORG]
Other documentation:	[WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907]
Memorial details:	Franklin Luther Curtiss (b. 19 Jan 1835) and his wife Mary Louise Hine Curtiss [INSCRIPTION, WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907, ORG, GENE1903]
Donor:	their daughter, Edith Curtiss (Mrs. John Robinson) Poore [WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907, GENE1903, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Unveiled Thanksgiving Day, 28 Nov 1907 [WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907]
Size:	each lancet is 62" high by 17" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907]
Inscription:	In Memoriam / Franklin Luther Curtiss // and his wife / Mary Louise Hine [PHOTO, WED1907, MMR1907, MWR1907, LC1907]
Category:	St. Matthew
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the Poore Memorial Window because Mrs. Poore was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]

Item 8.39.3.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Driggs Memorial Window
Theme:	Te Deum [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
	Heavenly Choir Praising God [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 48
Duncan 1980:	Page 209
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:	Theodore Ives Driggs (25 Oct 1829 - 28 Jun 1893) [HIST1907]
Donor:
Date:
Size:	each lancet is 62" high by 17" wide [ORG]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In Memory of Theodore Ives Driggs. October 25, 1829 - June 28, 1893. "We praise thee O God, we acknowledge thee to be the Lord." [HIST1907]
Category:	Te Deum

References

CHU1908:	The Churchman (14 Nov 1908, p. 687)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
GENE1903:	A Genealogy of the Curtiss Family, Frederic Haines Curtiss (1903, p. 187-188)
HIST1907:	A Narrative and Documentary History of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church of Waterbury, Connecticut, Frederick John Kingsbury (1907, p. 55-56, 106)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LC1907:	The Living Church (14 Dec 1907, p. 231)
MMR1907:	Meriden Morning Republican (30 Nov 1907, p. 10)
MWR1907:	Meriden Weekly Republican (5 Dec 1907, p. 2)
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)
WED1907:	Waterbury Evening Democrat (27 Nov 1907, p. 5)