London No. 32 / Eastcheap / East Cheap
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LID01: animal - bird - dove - with bough - olive branch
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09901LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1686?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Clement, Eastcheap
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of King William St., Cannon and Eastcheap
Font Notes:
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Allen (1839?) writes: "This church […] was founded in or before 1309"; the new building after the fire of London (1666) "was erected in 1686, under the superintendance of sir Christopher Wren […] The font, an octagon basin in a pillar of the same form, is very finely sculptured, and stands within a tastefully carved ballustrade near the altar. The cover of the font is ornamented with scrolls in the form of a crown, within which is a white dove" [NB: this bird, caught between gilded scroll ribs, looks more like a cockatoo than a dove! The ribs themselves end at the top in cherub heads with very fat cheeks, and appear to be uncomfortably strained wearing their wings as collars]. Described in Blatch (1995): "The octagonal marble font is 17th century and has a very pretty cover enclosing a dove holding an olive branch and capped with gilded flames".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: ca. 1686? / 17th-century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Allen, Thomas, The History and Antiquities of London, Wsetminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent, London: published by George Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, [1839?], p. 261 / [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BVEGAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA717&lpg=RA1-PA717&dq=queenhithe+church+font&source=web&ots=9dzBGxXJDM&sig=mvPDHDDOyNJa-B_jKtBxJr4-Ny4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result] [accessed 16 July 2008]
- Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 61