Decorative stained glass windows from Wellington houses, 1890-1905.

Mostly windows of geometric design using unpainted coloured glass. Many have realistically painted inserts depicting birds on leafy branches. A number of these are native birds. One set of entrance windows is in an art nouveau style overall with realistically painted birds on inset discs of glass.

One of the set of windows in this section belonging to the Historic Places Trust is currently (1998) housed at the Dowse Art Museum. These with their pictures of native birds came from the chemist shop of W C Fitzgerald, Lambton Quay and Willis Street Wellington. Another window from the same source in this section, also belonging to the Historic Places Trust, is also housed in the Dowse Art Museum. It depicts a leafy shrub growing out of a pot, surrounded by a boarder of round coloured pieces of glass and leaf scrolls.

Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.