Edinburgh:Mayfield Salisbury Parish Church of Scotland, South Nave

St. Andrew

Window of one lancet light.

This window depicts a figure of St. Andrew who is holding a model of a church (which resembles Glasgow Cathedral). An image of a ship is seen and St. Andrew is also holding a handful of ropes- his symbol and a symbol of a fishermen.

Inscription:
‘Saint Andrew’
‘Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake’. (Matthew 5:10)

(Information provided by “The Mayfield Salisbury Windows- ‘Thy Story in Glass’.” Dr. Elizabeth Cumming 2010).


Artist/Designer:
Charles Lamb Davidson- (1897-1948) Davidson was born in Brechin and was a son of a monumental sculptor of stone and marble- Charles Davidson. He attended Glasgow School of Art gaining a PGDiploma in 1919. Davidson was a cartoonist for the Glasgow Evening Times, a painter in oil and watercolour and exhibited at the RSA and the Glasgow Institute. He designed stained glass and did interior designs for Guthrie and Wells.

Firm/Company:
Guthrie and Wells, Glasgow (1897-1960s) was created by the merging of J&W Guthrie, the sole partner- William Guthrie and Andrew Wells, a decorator. The company designed interior fittings such as decor, wallpapers, stained glass, tiles, carpets and furniture. The firm ceased creating stained glass in the 1960s. (RM 2010)