Ballantine and Gardiner was a Scottish manufacturer of

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s, one of several names the company worked under.James Ballantine and Son (about 1828 - about 1925)
– Stained Glass in Wales The business was founded in

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James Ballantine James Ballantine (11 June 1806 – 18 December 1877) was a Scottish artist and author. His son, Alexander (1841–1906), later joined his stained-glass window business.

(1806–1877) and George Allan as Ballantine and Allan. They began making stained glass in the 1830s. In 1843, they won a competition to design windows for the new

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, although it was subsequently changed to that of the

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. James' son, Alexander (1841–1906), joined the business, which thence became known as Ballantine and Son until 1905. Herbert Gardiner joined in 1905. Alexander's son, James Ballantine III, also joined in 1905, a year before his father's death. Some of the firm's work was signed with the alternative spelling of ''Ballantyne''.

Selected notable works

The company installed the windows of the following buildings: * Glenormiston House,

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, 1851 *

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, 1857 * St Serf's Church, Dunning, c. 1900 *

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- a window representing Jesus, Martha and Mary that was fitted in 1876 *Main hall of

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, (with the subject possibly being the building's architect

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)Stained Glass
– Dunoon Burgh Hall *

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''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland''

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(1901) *

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