17th century

Richard Edes - Worcester Cathedral

Richard Edes - Worcester Cathedral

This freestanding monument to Richard Eedes (1604), dean of Worcester cathedral, consists of a large canopied sarcophagus with a recumbent effigy.

 

 

Robert Wylde and Wife Tomb - Worcester Cathedral

Robert Wylde and Wife Tomb - Worcester Cathedral

This tomb of Robert Wylde (d1607) and wife Margaret, is in the south aisle of Worcester Cathedral. In consists of two effigies laying on mats with their heads on cushions. Both are wearing black and dressed in a late Elizabethan style with ruff collars.

 

Royley workshop, Richard & Gabriel

Active: late 16th century – early 17th century

The Royley workshop of Burton-upon-Trent , associated with Richard Royley and Gabriel Royley, was active from the late sixteenth into the early seventeenth century and formed part of the long-established English tradition of alabaster monument production.

Simon-Marq

Active: 1640 –
Simon-Marq

Based in Reims and establish in around 1640 by Pierre Simon this family of glass makers is one of the 10 oldest companies in France. The company is currently run by Benoît Marq, the son of Brigitte Simon (daughter of Jacques Simon) and Charles Marq, making him the twelfth generation to run this family firm.

Smith of Warwick

Active: late 17th century – mid 18th century

[no-context]Smith of Warwick refers to the family workshop established by Francis Smith (1672–1738) and continued by his son William Smith (1705–1764), active across Warwickshire, the Midlands, and beyond from the late seventeenth through the mid eighteenth century. The workshop was one of the most prolific and influential provincial centres for architectural and monumental sculpture in early Georgian England.

Stone, Nicholas

Active: early to mid 17th century

Nicholas Stone (1586–1647) was the leading English sculptor and master mason of the early seventeenth century, and the principal agent in the introduction of continental classical sculpture into England during the late Jacobean and Caroline periods.

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