Anonymous English Artist.
From the Rectory of Holy Cross Church, Byfield, Northamptonshire.
This roundel is painted in a simple technique using glass-paint and yellow stain. A stick or quill has been used to scratch out the leaves and flowers from a dense layer of glass paint. It is typical of the small-scale panel favoured in richer medieval houses. Painted roundels could be bought 'off-the-peg', to be set into a casement filled with plain quarries. Glazed windows were so valuable that they were sometimes moved from one house to another.
Inv. No. 1990/7/1 On loan from the Rector and Parochial Church Council.