Antique stained glass sailboat window

This is one of the windows in our home.

(from the inside looking out)

It greets me each morning as I head for the shower.

This huge 36" wide by 28" tall beauty  takes over the tiny bathroom.

It came with the house but, it is not original to the house.

(outside looking in)

Purchased by former owners from an antique store
for a princely sum and a costly installation that
required removal of exterior stucco.

 (crack in the on the larger panes)

An exterior pane of glass was installed in an
  an effort to minimize additional damage from the elements.

 

I wonder how many weeks it took of planning and
constructing each little pane with such lovely lines and detail.

I think the window was selling point for my (DB) dearly beloved.

A former Ocean Class Sailor, sailing from as far North

of the shores of New England to South America.

Not to mention the numerous trips to anywhere in between.
This is the reason we have a trove of "while at sea and port creations".
Ones that no longer exist have a sentence or two scribbled about in the
ships log."Grass hat today, boat from beach stuff, so and so is working

on another ship in a bottle, stuck shells on a lamp..."

(lighted in the evening)

We learned it's been known to back up traffic

when it's illuminated at night.

Whenever we are asked where we live all we say is

You know, the gingerbread house with the sailboat window.

That is the style it was called when construction began in late 1921

The most common question.

What's it like inside?...I've always wondered.

Right now it's a candidate for cluttered house awards.