London No. 9 / Berkyngechirche by the Tower
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05459LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Christ Church (orig. from All Hallows by the Tower's, London , UK)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Site Location: Philadelphia, United States, North America
Font Notes:
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Described in Blatch (1995: p. 7 and ill. on p. 5) as the font formerly at All Hallows by the Tower where William Penn was baptised. It is now reported at Christ Church, in Philadelphia, in the United States. [cf. Index entry for London No. 8 for the new font and the old cover by Gibbons still at All Hallows by the Tower]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood?
Notes: low-domed octagonal lid with ball and loop finial
REFERENCES
- Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 7 and ill. on p. 5