[70899] Edinburgh : St Giles Cathedral - Armorial Window

St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh.

Chapman Aisle Window, late c19.

This window depicts the List of Companions in Arms and Clans commemorated with their names and Coats of Arms.

By James Ballantine & Son.

Detail - Macdonell of Glengarry/Grahame of Morphie.

 

Edinburgh-based manufacturers founded by James Ballantine (1808-1877) and George Allan as Ballantine & 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 in the event they only provided some windows for the House of Lords. James Ballantine was the author of a series of books on the history and techniques of stained glass manufacture.

 

His son Alexander Ballantine (1841-1906) joined the firm, which was known as Ballantine & Son from about 1860 until 1892, and then Ballantine & Gardiner until 1905, when Herbert Gardiner joined as a partner. From 1905 Alexander Ballantine was joined by his son James Ballantine II (1878-1940), by then the firm was known as A Ballantine & Son. Some work by the firm was signed with the alternative spelling of Ballantyne.

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