London No. 9 / Berkyngechirche by the Tower
Results: 2 records
BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: at the lower side of the basin
BBU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - double
Scene Description: at the upper rim side
INFORMATION
FontID: 05459LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Christ Church (orig. from All Hallows by the Tower's, London , UK)
Country Name: United States
Location: Philadelphia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
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