Founded as Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company in 1861 by the socialist artist and designer William Morris along with Ford Madox Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Peter Paul Marshall, Philip Webb, Charles James Faulkner, and Edward Burne-Jones. The company initially concentrated on ecclesiastical decoration including stained glass, and architectural carving from premises in London’s Red Lion Square, but moved to Queens Square, Bloomsbury in 1865.
Above the Lavatorium at Gloucester Cathedral, these Hardman windows from 1868 depict a number musical angels.
Hardman & Co representation of the Nativity
Six lancet windows, by Hardman and company, in the nave of St Joseph, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire.
These 5 stained glass windows are part of a series of 10 windows on the life of Joan d'Arc. They are part of a commission by Jacque Galland and Esprit Gibelin for Orleans Cathedral in France.
This two-light window depicting Christ’s Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16) is by Burlison & Grylls (c1897), and is located in St. Nicholas. South Kilworth, Leicestershire.
This Hardman &Co. window of 1887 illustrates the story of the Pharisee giving alms to the poor, and the Publican displaying humility.
In 1834 the London Wine merchant James Powell (1774-1840) bought the small Whitefriars glassworks just off Fleet Street as a business for his sons. Originally unfamiliar with glass production the company experiemented with different techniques and were soon supply patent glass to other leading stained glass companies and designer as well as making stained glass windows of their own.
This "Presentation in the Temple" scene by Clayton and Bell shows Mary and Joseph bringing two doves as offerings to the Temple at the time of Mary's Ritual Purification.
