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Ballantine and Gardiner

Ballantine and Gardiner was a Scottish manufacturer of stained-glass windows, one of several names the company worked under.[1]

The business was founded in Edinburgh by James Ballantine (1806–1877) and George Allan as Ballantine and Allan. They began making stained glass in the 1830s.

In 1843, they won a competition to design windows for the new Houses of Parliament, although it was subsequently changed to that of the House of Lords.[1][2]

James' son, Alexander (1841–1906), joined the business, which thence became known as Ballantine and Son until 1905. Herbert Gardiner joined in 1905. Alexander's son, James Ballantine III, also joined in 1905, a year before his father's death.[1]

Some of the firm's work was signed with the alternative spelling of Ballantyne.[1]

Selected notable works

Stained glass by Ballantine & Gardiner, St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

The company installed the windows of the following buildings:

References

  1. ^ a b c d James Ballantine and Son (about 1828 - about 1925) – Stained Glass in Wales
  2. ^ Ballantine & Allan, stained glass manufacturers – The National Archives
  3. ^ Sandyford Henderson Church – Scotland's Churches Trust
  4. ^ Dunoon Burgh Hall Chronicles, issue 1[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, Francis H Groome, 1885.
  6. ^ Stained Glass – Dunoon Burgh Hall
  7. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)

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