Stained glass panel depicting a group of Child Angels floating around the Nativity Star, above the thatched roof of a stable. Panel set in diamond quarry glazing. Painted by Thomas Cowell, after a cartoon by Louis B. Davis. Davis’s window was used at St. Anselm’s, Hatch End; Colmonell Church, Ayrshire; Little More Church, Oxon.
Thomas Cowell (1870-1949) was a principal glass painter for James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd. He began work at Powells after leaving school at 14, and left in 1932, aged 62. He then continued to work freelance and completed his last commission in 1946. During his long career, Cowell worked closely with the artist Louis Davis, executing and sometimes adapting his work, as in this window.
