St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee

Located on the High Street in Dundee, this Scottish Episcopal church was built 1853-55 to designs by G.G. Scott. Constructed of brown sandstone in the Gothic Revival style, it wasn't dedicated until ten years later and it wasn't raised to cathedral status until 1905.

The large Salviati mosaic of Christ in Glory in the Clayton & Bell designed reredos dates to 1865.

From an 1887 guide to St. Paul's: "An elaborate piece of alabaster work with shafts of various marbles, and enclosing a rich piece of mosaic by Salviati of Venice, designed by Messrs Clayton & Bell. The subject is our Blessed Lord in glory, surrounded by adoring angels. The Central Figure is of great dignity - seated and crowned - holding in one hand the cross-crowned orb of the world, and the other uplifted in benediction. Immediately beneath are a circle of the cherubim and seraphim, while below angel figures, two with censers, and the rest with various musical instruments, are grouped in graceful order. The plinth of the reredos is inlaid with malachite and other stones, and the whole is surmounted with some fine pinnacles, terminating in the symbolic figure of a pelican feeding her young with her blood, with angel figures on either side."

Sources:

Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.

Places of Worship in Scotland. Accessed January 30, 2022.

Wikipedia: St. Paul's Cathedral, Dundee

Scotland's Churches Trust. Accessed January 30, 2022.

"St. Paul's Cathedral: Dundee's Rock of Ages." The Courier. May 28, 2016.

CANMORE: Dundee, Castle Hill. Accessed January 30, 2022.

Guide to St. Paul's, 1887. Courtesy of Jeremy Auld. April 9, 2019.

St. Andrew's Moreton on Lugg

This Medieval church was reconstructed in 1867 by W.H. Knight of Cheltenham.

Salviati added the chancel wall mosaics of the "Heavenly Jerusalem" in 1887 after a commission by Harriet Evans, widow of Thomas Evans, owner of the nearby Morton Court.

Sources:
British Listed Buildings
Wikimedia Commons from Philip Halling
Pevsner, Nikolaus. Buildings of England: herefordshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1963. 256.
National Churches Trust
Duncumb, John et al. Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford. Vol 3. London: John Murray, 1882. 145.
Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire (1895). 143.

St. George Church, Clyst St. George

The ancient church was rebuilt in 1854-55, but it was gutted by air raid fire in 1940. It was rebuilt again in 1952.

Sometime between September 1862 and October 1863, Salviati decorated the church's western wall with mosaics of angels with widespread wings supporting scrolls of Scripture on the request of the same Reverend Ellacombe who supervised the 1850s restorations. Unfortunately, the mosaics did not seem to have survived the World War II damage.

Sources:
Salviati, Antonio. On Mosaics (generally). Leeds, 1865. 46.
Wikipedia
Cherry, Bridget and Nikolaus Pevsner. Devon. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991.  271.
Ellacombe, Henry Thomas. The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Clyst St. George Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society, September 22, 1862. 70.
Robin Drayton on Geograph
Robert Slack's flickr Photostream

Stanford Memorial Church

Jane Stanford built this church as a memorial to her husband Leland Stanford on the campus of the university that they had founded. The Romanesque building was designed by architect Charles A. Coolige in 1898 and dedicated in 1903.

The original church facade in 1903 before the earthquake.

The Stanfords traveled extensively in Europe and they brought their love of art and architecture back to California, where Mrs. Stanford incorporated a Byzantine style into the decorations of the church. Antonio Paoletti created original watercolor paintings upon which Salviati - under the direction of Maurizio Camerino - made the mosaic decorations for both the interior and exterior. Paoletti previously designed the scenes for the Stations of the Cross at the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in New York, which Salviati also made into mosaics.

The mosaic work on the Stanford Memorial Church began in 1900, took five years to complete, and cost $97,000. Jane Stanford was heavily involved in approving the designs and Salviati mosaicist Lorenzo Zampato supervised the in-studio manufacture in Venice, as well as the installation in California.

Unfortunately, the church was subsequently damaged in two earthquakes - first in 1906 and then later in 1989.

Exterior damage caused by the 1906 earthquake.

Interior damage caused by the 1906 earthquake.

Camerino had the Salviati firm restore the mosaics between 1913 and 1917. Because the original designs were kept, some were reproduced in their original form, while others were modified.

The north facade today.

The mosaic of The Last Supper in the chancel is a reproduction Roselli's fresco in the Sistine Chapel.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008.
Sinai and Sons
Wikipedia
National Parks Service on Wikimedia Commons
Frank Davey on Wikimedia Commons
The Bankcroft Library
Eric Chan (Maveric2003) on Flickr
Ed Bierman on Flickr
Typeaux on Panoramio

Not Salviati: Folkestone Parish Church

Occasionally, I come across information about a mosaic linked to Salviati that turns out to be incorrect. This chancel mosaic happens to be such a misattribution.

Also known as the Church of St. Mary and St. Eanswythe, much of the 13th century building was rebuilt in the 19th century. R.C. Hussey rebuilt the nave and north aisle 1856-59, the south chancel aisle and transept were rebuilt in 1869, while Stallwood added the west window and porch in 1872.

The chancel is lined with twelve trefoil topped mosaic panels depicting the Apostles, while a central panel shows five angels with an inscription on the base made in loving memory of Frederick Augustus Howe Fitz Gerald. Some sources have erroneously credited Carpenter with the mosaic work, while others have directly attributed it to Salviati. However, they were made by A. Cappello, an Italian mosaicist who at one point worked with the Salviati firm and used Salviati's techniques, but who ran his own workshop in London at the time he made these mosaics.

Sources:
"The Ancient Church of Folkestone, and Its Founders." The Churchman. November 20, 1897. 667.
"Mosaic Pictures for the Oratory, Brompton." The Building News and Engineering Journal. Vol. 45. 586. October 12,1883.
Bob Speel's website
British Listed Buildings
Kent Churches
TripAdvisor

Grace Church, New York

The church was founded in 1818, but James Renwick, Jr. designed the current, early Gothic Revival building that was began in 1843 and consecrated in 1846.

The carved marble reredos contains a central Venetian mosaic panel of the Savior's Ascension with Christ surrounded by his eight disciples, while two apostles in individual arcades flank either side.

Renwick also designed the reredos, which was carved by English sculptors Ellin and Kitson in 1878. Clayton and Bell, as well as Henry Holiday also made stained glass for the church.

The chancel floor is marble mosaic also by Salviati, Burke and Company showing three angels with emblems of the Crucifixion.

Sources:
The Churchman. Vol. 40. Nov. 22, 1879. 580.
Wikipedia
Grace Church 
MuseumPlanet on Panoramio
Panoramio
Mattron's flickr Photostream

St. George's Anglican Church, Malvern

Samuel Merrett designed the church, which was built 1865-69. In 1883, architect Robert Dalton began a two year project that added the transepts and a temporary wooden sanctuary. The chancel and the permanent sanctuary weren't completed until 1888 by Urban Billing.

The mosaic reredos of Christ and the Pilgrims at Emmaus was designed by Clayton and Bell and made by Salviati. The inscription states that it was in memory of "Matilda Charlotte Sellar Died 21st Nov 1888". The central panel is flanked by an angel on either side, one holding a banner that reads "He was known of them" and the other "In breaking of bread."

Sources:
Anglican Church of Australia
St. George's Malvern
Ottre on WikimediaCommons
National Trust. Victorian Heritage Database.

Kaiser Friedrich III Mausoleum

The structure holding the final resting place of the German emperor was added to the north side of the Protestant Church of Peace (Friedenskirche) located in Potsdam's Sanssouci Park between 1888 and 1890. The architect was Julius Raschdorff, who also designed the Berlin Dom (Cathedral) and Reichsburg Castle, the latter which also had Salviati mosaic decorations.

The cupola of the High Italian Renaissance style mausoleum can be seen to the right of the church itself.

Friedrich's sarcophagus is located in the middle of the rotunda, alongside that of his wife Empress Victoria. As the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, she was the former Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland. The tombs of two of their young sons are also interred here.

Salviati adorned the tomb with mosaics, including those on the wall showing "VRI" for Victoria Regina Imperatrix, which are now missing. As seen from the recent picture above, compared to the interior in 1931 the entire lower level has been refaced in black marble. The interior of the dome is still said to contain the mosaics of alternating angels and palm trees; however, entrance to the mausoleum is restricted and no photographs have been found.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 127.
Europeana
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Friedenskirche
Stefan Hintz's flickr Photostream

All Saints Church, Holton cum Beckering

This church is originally from the 13th century.

G.G. Scott renovated it twice, first in 1859-60 and then in 1870-74.

The reredos was designed by R.J. Withers. It contains mosaics of angels, as well as the Evangelists made by Salviati in 1867.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 121.
Wikipedia
J. Hannan-Briggs on Geograph
Richard Croft on Geograph
English Heritage

St. John the Baptist Church, Barnack

Originally a Saxon church, parts of the building date to the early 11th century. A major restoration was carried out in 1853-55.

The chancel was enriched during the forty-year tenure (1851-91) of the church's Rector Dean Argles with three stained glass windows, the decoration of the chancel roof, as well as the Venetian mosaic reredos.

The Salviati mosaics under the east window depict four angels on gold backgrounds after Fra Angelico.

Sources:
The Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Volume 5, London: 1899. 21.Parish History: Marsham Argles
Wikipedia
English Heritage
Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
Parish News Online
Mary Kirby's Flickr Photostream
John Salmon on Geograph
Rex Harris' Flickr Photostream

St. John's Hospital Chapel of St. Michael Within, Bath

The hospital was founded around 1180 and the current building dates to 1716.

During the time of Edward VI, the hospital annexed the tiny chapel of St. Michael located at the south-east corner of the Chapel Court complex. Rebuilt in 1723 by William Killigrew, the local architectural firm of Browne and Gill restored it in 1879.

Salviati made a mosaic of the Adoration of the Lamb located under the east windows.

 

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is a Patron of the hospital, which is now a charity dedicated to taking care of the local poor elderly.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 137.
Peach, Robert Edward Myhill, Ed. A Brief History of the Hospital of St. John Baptist, Bath. Bath:
Charles Hallett, 1886. 48.
Wikipedia
Mark Sunderland on Images of England
King, Austin J. and B.H. Watts. The municipal records of Bath, 1189 to 1604.1885. 53.
Forsyth, Michael. Bath. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. 111-112.
Google Maps Street View
British Listed Buildings
Trish Steele on Geograph

Parish Church of St. Mary, West Rainton

E.R. Robson designed the church that was built in 1864.  In 1877, Sir George Eliot funded the addition of a tower and added a stone from the great pyramid of Giza into the base of the spire in thanksgiving for his safe return from Egypt.

The mosaic reredos of Christ and two angels is by Salviati.

Sources:
Parishes of East and West Rainton on Facebook
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Elizabeth Williamson. Buildings of England: County Durham. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. 500.
North-East History Tour
Digital Atlas of England

Krause Family Tomb

Friedrich Wilhelm von Krause was a Berlin wine merchant, banker, and industrialist who died in 1877. His family tomb (for Wilhelm and his wife Flora) was designed by Friedrich Hitzig, who previously designed both Krause's palace on Leipziger Platz and the Berlin Stock Exchange.

The mosaics, designed by Karl Gottfried Pfannschmidt and Anton von Werner, were executed by Salviati and cover 500 square feet. Von Werner previously designed the monumental mosaics on the rotunda of the Berlin Victory Column.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 127.
Bedoire,  Fredric. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture: 1830-1930. Jersey City, NJ: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2004. 219.
Pagewizz
mitue's flickr Photostream
Cemetery II of Trinity Church
Friedhof Ansichten
Friedhofsfinder
Stadtentwicklung Berlin
Arkitekur Museum
Berlin Intensiv