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Roundel with a Portrait of Ellen Gilbertson

  Roundel with a Portrait of Ellen Gilbertson

Photo © Jane Carpenter

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2020

Round window with an abstract design containing symbols, flora and fauna, and a portrait of Ellen Gilbertson at the centre.


artist: Jane Carpenter

Pontardawe Heritage and Visitor Centre, Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot

Ellen Gilbertson died in 1894 aged 44, having borne 14 children. She was married to steel owner Arthur Gilbertson who commissioned the rose window at All Saints Church Pontardawe in her memory. The church is now closed and the window has been restored by Jane Carpenter, and is on display in Pontardawe Heritage Centre.

The restoration of the rose window was enabled by the local community through donations of glass, lead and money to buy materials, and this window was made in gratitude to the individuals who contributed.

The design is loosely based on the rose design. Each person, and the Dylan Thomas School, is named in the window, and chose a symbol that is now found in the window. Information provided by the artist.



 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by Jane Carpenter. Last updated on 12-11-2024

 


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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2024. (with a contribution by Jane Carpenter)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/5523 (accessed 22 December 2024)


 

  Roundel with a Portrait of Ellen Gilbertson

Photo © Jane Carpenter



 
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