Patronal Festival (G3)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Laurence Whistler
Title
Patronal Festival
Made in
Lyme Regis
Date
1974
Description
Blown clear glass engraved with images of shrubs and bushes, and a tower with a flag and a weather vane.
Materials and techniques
Glass with drill and still-point engraving. Glass bowl blown by Whitefriars Glass Limited.
Dimensions
height: 19.5cm
diameter: 27.5cm
Object number
G3
Category
References
L.W. - The Image on the Glass (1975)
Maker's statement
A glass in praise of vitality, as expressed in the Dorset countryside. Opposite the Cerne Giant, a prehistoric figure cut in the chalk, the village weathercock has mounted the top, most pinnacle of the church, to salute the true patron of spring festivals. Hence the title "Patronal Festival". As on such festivals the flag of England, St George's flag, flies from the Tower.
Laurence Whistler, 4 October 1979
Laurence Whistler, 4 October 1979
