International studio (21.1903/1904(1904))

panels of blue and green brocade. A ruby trans-
lucent enamel occupies the centre of each rose,
and the branches are green mother-of-pearl. The
words " AHeluia " are worked in black upon white
brocade.

Another and more elaborate altar cross, about
30 inches in height, is for the private chapel of
the Duke of Westminster at Eaton. The base
is raised work of bronzed copper, representing the
walls and twelve gates of the Holy City. A pearl
shows between the pierced letters Alpha and
Omega in each gate, while the twelve precious
stones described in Revelations are set in the wall
spaces between the gates.

The corner buttress watch towers emblemise the
four Evangelists; flowing down between them is
the river of life in opalesque translucent enamel.

The bronzed copper cross, silver riveted, has on
its front the com, and on its back the tree of life,
all in silver, partly cast and tooled.

ALTAR cANDLESTtcK BY R. HiLTON The hgure of our Lord is in bronze, and the
Madonna and Child in cast silver tooled. Both
the canopy and the pelican plaque are repousse
blue on a ruby ground, mounted in small copper silver.
beads.


The small figures of adoring angels in the panels
were illuminated on vellum by Miss Agnes A.
Hilton; these are made
removable for the insertion
of the names of those
who solicit the prayers of
the congregation.

The vine and rainbow halo around the Cross are
in translucent enamel, with the fruit represented
by carbuncles set in silver. H. B. B.

The high-altar frontal
and antependium for
Chester Cathedral, de-
signed by Mr. Hilton and
executed by the Misses
Duckworth and Miss
Mitchell of Chester, are
very handsomely worked
in gold thread on a pearly-
white silk brocade, intro-
ducing as emblems the
cedar, the olive, the cypress
and other plants worked in
coloured silks. The ante-
pendium is in alternate
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I'RAYER BOARD FOR CHRIST CHURCH, CHESTER

BY R. HILTON