Sarah Winchester's Most Expensive Stained Glass Window

Sarah Winchester's Most Expensive Stained Glass Window

Thich, Kevin

Sarah Winchester's Finances

This item was a photo taken during our house tour and it demonstrates how the house can still be interpreted as a place of abundant wealth. This stained glass window was Sarah Winchester's most expensive one and it remains intact as part of the house. Because of Sarah Winchester relieving all of her fortunes and property to her heiress niece Daisy, very few original pieces still remain at the house that was not either sold or kept by Daisy. This stained glass window still remaining there signifies an importance to the authenticity of the house tour because it helps build onto the rhetorical accretion of the public perception of Sarah Winchester's wealth. The public memory of Sarah Winchester's wealth is crucial in keeping the house financially stable since it is one of the key marketing points of the house. This rhetorical accretion on material wealth perpetuates the perceived public interest on Sarah Winchester while excluding the other existences that worked and lived on her estate.

Source:
Personal photo by Kevin Thich during the house tour.

Kevin Thich,
Dominick Ott

2020-01-23