London No. 32 / Eastcheap / East Cheap

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LID01: animal - bird - dove - with bough - olive branch

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09901LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Clement, Eastcheap
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of King William St., Cannon and Eastcheap
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1686?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?
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?]
Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995