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Edmund Pinwill with his daughters and grandchildren c. 1907. [
Ermington Days
by kind permission of the family]
Violet Pinwill, aged about 17, when she became a professional woodcarver, along with her sisters Mary and Ethel. [Clare Pawley collection]
Early C16 chancel screen at Buckland in the Moor, Devon, restored by Ethel Pinwill in 1907.
Pulpit at Ermington, Devon, one of the first known pieces of ecclesiastical carving carried out by the Pinwill sisters in 1889.
Detail from the pulpit at Ermington, Devon, showing the figure of St Lawrence.
The Pinwill sisters carved numerous items for their father’s church at Ermington, Devon, including this lectern of unknown date.
Screen at Lydford, Devon, carved by Ethel and Violet Pinwill in 1904.
Detail of the chancel screen at Lydford, Devon.
Priest’s stall at St Ives, Cornwall, carved by Violet Pinwill in 1913. [PWDRO 244-4 with kind permission of the Pinwill family]
St Martin-by-Looe, Cornwall, refurbished by Violet Pinwill between 1921 and 1956.
Bench end at Sheepstor, Devon, showing King John signing Magna Carta, designed and produced by Violet Pinwill.
Pulpit at Stoke Fleming, Devon, carved by the Pinwill sisters in 1891.
Screen at Stratton, Cornwall, carved by the Pinwill company in 1901.
St Wenn, one of 32 figures of saints and kings carved by Violet Pinwill between 1912 and 1944 for Truro Cathedral choir stalls.
Choir stalls at Yelverton, Devon, carved by Violet Pinwill 1915.
Choir stall poppy head at Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall, from 1906.