Baltic Exchange Memorial Glass

"This stained glass was originally installed over a staircase at the Baltic Exchange in the City of London. the Baltic Exchange provides networking facilities, legal advice and independent market information to the shipping industry. it can be traced back to an early 18th-century London coffee house which was a regular meeting place for merchants and naval officer.
Shortly after the First World War, the artist John Dudley Forsyth (1874-1926) was asked to design this series of stained glass windows. Unveiled in 1922, they formed part of a memorial to 61 members of the Baltic Exchange who lost their lives during the war.
As much glass as possible was salvaged from the wreckage. It was passed to conservators to repair and restore to the building. Unfortunately, the damage to the building was too extensive and it was dismantled in 1998. missing pieces were remade and fitted into accurate reproductions of the original leading, using photographs and other examples of the artist's work as reference.
restoring the glass.
In 1992 a terrorist bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded outside the Baltic Exchange, killing three people, injuring 91 others and causing severe damaged to the building. Of 240 panels in the glass dome, only 45 remained intact and the windows below were heavily damaged."

This stained glass his part of the exhibition at the National maritime Museum

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• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward