Ballantine and Gardiner
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Ballantine and Gardiner was a Scottish manufacturer of stained-glass windows, one of several names the company worked under.[1]
Ballantine and Gardiner | |
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The company's work on display at St Serf's Church, Dunning, Scotland | |
| Known for | stained glass |
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
The company installed the windows of the following buildings:
- Glenormiston House, Innerleithen, 1851
- Sandyford Henderson Church, Glasgow, 1857[3]
- St Serf's Church, Dunning, c. 1900
- House of Lords, London[4]
- Hamilton Old Parish Church - a window representing Jesus, Martha and Mary that was fitted in 1876[5]
- Main hall of Dunoon Burgh Hall (the subject possibly being the building's architect Robert Alexander Bryden)[6]
- St John's Kirk, Perth[7]
- St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh
- St Michael's Church, Edinburgh