London No. 19

INFORMATION

FontID: 06896LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Martin in the Fields [orig. from the previous church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located at 197 Piccadilly, London W1
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1689
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Church Notes: St. Martin in the Fields is the official church of the Admiralty
Font Notes:
Described in Bradley & Pevsner (2003: 293) as a baptismal "font of veined marble, oval, of 1689", originaly from the previous church. Blatch (195: 236) mentions a notable cover.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995
Pevsner, Nikolaus, London 6: Westminster, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003