Wippell (J.) & Co. Ltd

J. Wippell & Co. Ltd is a long established Exeter firm of clerical outfitters and suppliers of church furnishings. It traces its Exeter roots to 1802, when Joseph Wippell set himself up as a specialist grocer. The business flourished and expanded into drapery and then tailoring, funeral direction, church decoration, and in 1896 stained glass.

The stained glass department employed a number of notable designers, including A F. Erridge,  George Cooper-Abbs, Frederick W Cole,  Kenneth Bunton and Roy Coomber.

Sadly in the summer of 2023 it was announced that the business would be closing at the end of the year.

Sources:
J. Wippell & Co. Ltd website
Stained Glass Marks & Monograms, complied by Joyce Little, and edited by Angela Goedicke & Margaret Washbourn (NADFAS, 2002)