Lot 165: * Taunton (Donald Battershill, 1885-1965). A

* Taunton (Donald Battershill, 1885-1965). A collection of original stained glass designs for John Hardman Studios, together eight pen, ink & watercolour designs on paper or card, mostly mounted on thick card, depicting projected stained glass windows for various churches, incl: three-light memorial window in memory of Philip James Kelly, vicar of St. Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green, Birmingham, depicting St. Oswald in the centre; a large five-light window and tracery window with The Good Shepherd in the centre for a church in South Croydon; a design for the North Aisle East Window of Rudston Parish Church, All Saints, depicting the Crucifixion; a pair of windows for Georgetown Convent, Columbia, U.S.A., depicting the Annunciation and the Nativity; a large four-light window and tracery for St. Mary Magdalene, Fleet, depicting St. Peter, The Word Was Made Flesh, The King of Kings, and St. John, some light dust-soiling, all signed lower right, largest 55 x 37.5cm (21.75 x 15ins), smallest 12.5 x 18.5cm (5 x 7.25ins). Prolific stained glass designer Donald Taunton was born in Birmingham and studied at the School of Art there, subsequently joining John Hardman's Studio in Birmingham. Hardman's stained glass studio was closely associated with Pugin, one of the pioneers of the Arts & Crafts movement. For most of his life Donald Taunton lived in London and was in charge of the Hardman studio there. He exhibited between 1926 and 1936, including at the Royal Academy. (8)