Altar of St Joseph 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 St Joseph; costs show it was made of Bath Stone and included 4 Cork columns [of red marble/granite].
Costs of £7 13s. 10d.
Notes: This altar formed one part of larger overall commission which also included an altar to the Blessed Virgin 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.
Objects
Part of same commission as High Altar
1868 - 1869
Same commission Altar of the Blessed Virgin in Bath Stone
1868 - 1869
£7 13s. 10d.
Sources
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators) Documentation: Box 1 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation
Ledger ECD/7, p. 193
Citing this record
'Altar of St Joseph 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_1214390839, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
