Chalice and Cruets Roundel
Phipps, Ball & Burnham Roundel 1920
7'2" x 29 1/2"
To John J. Warren, Emma E. Warren, Edgar L. Warren
DESCRIPTION: The roundel is red, bordered in shades of blue and green. The chalice is a golden goblet decorated with a banded design near the top. The knob is simply decorated and the stem has outward curving lines ornamented with double lines ending with a scalloped foot. The goblet sits on a golden paten. On either side are cruets of white glass topped with Latin crosses.
SYMBOLISM: These vessels represent the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The chalice holds the wine mixed with water for consecration. The paten is the plate that holds the bread. The cruets, one for wine and one for water, are used for preparing the chalice before the prayer of consecration.
MEMORIAL: John J. Warren was born on May 24, 1845 in Florida, was baptized at St. Paul's, and married Emma E. Moss, born in the Bahamas in 1848. John and Emma were married on July 1, 1864 by The Reverend Osgood Herrick, rector of St. Paul's.
By the 1880 census they were the parents of five children: Ellen, John M., William E., Edgar and John H. At this time John J. was working as a watchman for the Navy and the family lived on Olivia Street.
At the turn of the century Emma and John J. had moved to Dey Street and lived with their daughter, Ellen, her husband, Edward Lowe, and grandson, Eugene. Their daughter, Sadie L., born between 1880 and 1900, also resided there, and John continued his work as a watchman.
Their son, Edgar L. Warren, also remembered in this window, was born in 1873. He died at the young age of 71 on July 26, 1890 in St. Augustine, Florida and was buried in Key West.
Source: The Golden Cockerel: The Art, Symbolism & History of the Stained Glass Windows, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Key West, Florida by Winifred Shine Fryzel.
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