Altar of the Blessed Virgin in Bath Stone

Created by Earley and Powells (later Earley and Co.)

Date: March 1869
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: religious and ritual equipment

Object type: altar

Material: stone - limestone - bath stone

Technique: carved

Description: Altar of the Blessed Virgin; costs show it was made of Bath Stone.

Costs £14 15s. 2d.

Notes: This altar formed one part of larger overall commission which also included an altar to St Joseph and a High Altar, Communion Rails and flooring (of Portland stone and tiles) all for the same location in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. The commission began in June 1868 and the detailed costs are spread over 3 folio pages (192, 193, 197), ending in March 1869.

Citing this record

'Altar of the Blessed Virgin in Bath Stone', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1214390248, accessed 26 Sep 2023]

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