Stained glass artist. Archibald John Davies was born in London but the family moved to Moseley, Birmingham in 1884. He studied under Henry Payne at the Birmingham Municipal Central School of Art and set up his own studio in Moseley in about 1900. In 1906 A.J. Davies moved to Bromsgrove and established his studio in the premises of the Bromsgrove Guild.
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| Signature from Sir Galahad about 1930 Church of St Margaret, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff north wall of the nave | |
| Signature from Sir Galahad 1919 Church of St Mary, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire north wall of sanctuary | |
| Signature from Dorcas about 1925 Church of St Sannan, Bedwellty, Caerphilly south wall of the sanctuary |
G. H. Whewell, 'Obituary: Archibald John Davies (1877-1953) Artist-Craftsman' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xi, no. 3 (1954), 180–1.
Roy Albutt, Stained Glass Window Makers of Birmingham School of Art (Pershore: 2013), pp. 74–80 and further references.
Roy Albutt, The Stained Glass Windows of A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild Worcestershire (Pershore: 2005).
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