Salisbury Chapel, St. Etheldreda Church

Parts of the Hatfield Parish church date to the 13th century. David Brandon rebuilt the nave in 1872 in a Victorian style.

The north chapel holding the tomb of the 1st Earl of Salisbury Robert Cecil was added in 1618 by his son. The third Marquess had the interior of the chapel adorned with Venetian mosaics by Salviati in 1871.

The Caen marble reredos showing the Marys at the Cross, flanked by St. Etheldreda and St. Alban on either side was carved by Thomas Earp. It was also decorated with Venetian mosaics by Salviati.

Sources:
Pevsner, Nikolaus and Bridget Cherry. Buildings of England: Hertfordshire. New Haven: Yale University Press, 162.
Handbook for Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and Huntingdonshire. London: John Murray, 1895. 37.
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St. Mary's Church, Pakenham

This Norman church is unusual for England because of its cruciform shape. The north and south transepts were rebuilt by architect S.S. Teulon from 1849.

Teulon designed the reredos and they were executed by architectural carver Thomas Earp of Lambeth. Earp also carved the reredos for Parish Church of St. Peter Leeds and St. Mary Magdalene Paddington.

The altar reredos are mostly gold tesserae filling the trefoil arches, with the central symbols of alpha and omega flanking a cross. A receipt for 25 GBP was issued on January 30, 1869 by The Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Co. Ltd. (Salviati & Co.) for the reredos.

Sources:
Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 122.
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St. Jude's Church, Kensington

Brothers George and Henry Godwin designed this church, which was built 1867-70.

The alabaster reredos was carved by Thomas Earp and decorated with mosaics by Salviati and Burke in 1880.

The Lamb of God is surrounded on either side by two kneeling Evangelists in their symbolic forms.

Sources:
Wikipedia: St. Jude's
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Cherry, Bridget and Nikolaus Pevsner: 'The Buildings of England – London 3: North West' New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. 458-9.
"Chips." The Building News and Engineering Journal. Vol 39, October 22, 1880. 489.
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Parish Church of St. Peter Leeds

On February 21, 1865 - six years after starting his first mosaic workshop in Murano - Dr. Salviati gave a heartfelt lecture in front of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society about both the history of the craft of mosaic making, as well as about the benefits of the revolutionary new process that Lorenzo Radi developed for the Salviati-made pieces. Within just a few years, the local parish church would also be fitted with these mosaics.

Also known as Leeds Minster, this English Gothic style church was rebuilt in 1839-41 by architect R.D. Chantrell.

The east-end sanctuary (seen to the left of the central tower), which contains an arcade of Salviati mosaics possibly from 1876 depicting the twelve apostles, was renovated between 1870 and 1880 by G.E. Street. This seems to be a similar type of chancel expansion that was done in 1870 in the Gonville and Caius Chapel at Cambridge.

The altar, above which hangs a painting of The Last Supper, circa 1838.

The eastern expansion, after Street's 1870s renovations.

From the Left: Peter, Andrew, James, John and Phillip 

 

James and Paul behind the High Altar (Left)

Barnabas and Thomas behind the High Altar (Right) 

From the Right: Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, Matthew (Thaddeus?) and Judas

While Salviati's mosaics were always made of glass enamel tesserae, the central reredos of Christ in Glory surrounded by angels was made of colored marble and alabaster. It was designed by G.E. Street and executed by Thomas Earp and Rust in 1888 following cartoons by Clayton and Bell.

Sources:
Salviati, Antonio. " On Mosaics (Generally) and the Superior Advantages, Adaptability and General Use in the Past and Present Age, in Architectural and Other Decorations, or Enamel Mosaics: Being a Paper Read Before the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society", on February 21st, 1865. London: Wertheimer and Co., 1865.
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Barr, Sheldon. Venetian Glass Mosaics: 1860-1917. London: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. 125.
Wrathmell, Susan. Pevsner Architectural Guides: Leeds. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. 45.