The Ferguson & Urie Stained Glass company actively participated in exhibitions from as early as 1854. There was minor mention of the company exhibiting stained glass samples at the Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition in 1870.
The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW, Friday 7th October 1870, page 8.
“THE EXHIBITION IN PRINCE ALFRED PARK, SYDNEY.
THE summary of news by the Avoca contained an account of the ceremony observed on the occasion of the opening of the Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition on the 3oth August. This exhibition was called into existence under the auspices of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, and it has proved a splendid success. It has been to this colony what the Great Exhibition of 1851 was to England – what the Exposition Universelle of Paris was to France in 1862. It has attracted large numbers of people from all parts of New South Wales, and also from other colonies of Australasia…”
“HIGHLY COMMENDED …”
“…1471 Samples stained glass, Ferguson, Urie, and Lyon, Melbourne…”
Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers, Melbourne, Monday 10th October 1870, page 174.
“THE INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION. No. 1.Last month we announced the opening of the Intercolonial Exhibition at Sydney; we are now able to give full particulars with regard to the character of he various exhibits, especially those sent from Victoria…”
“… Some of the handsomest features of this portion of the building are the stained glass windows of Ferguson, Urie and Lyon, of Curzon-street, of which there are seven, representing Christ’s Charge to Peter, Salvator Mundi, Charge to Peter, Immaculate Conception, and some others filled with heraldic designs…”
As at June 2012, no match or further detail has been found regarding the windows described.
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Sydney Intercolonial Exhibition 1870
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