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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the 18th-century font in the foreground, at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Holly Hayes, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Holly Hayes 22 April 2006
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Scene Description: the 18th-century font in the foreground, at the west end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Holly Hayes, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Holly Hayes 22 April 2006
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 10621LON
Church/Chapel: Cathedral of St. Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1726-1727
Century and Period: 18th century (early), Georgian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: designed by John James; made by Francis Bird
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Holly Hayes, of Sacred Destinations [www.sacred-destinations.com] for her photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Allen (1839?) writes: "The cathedral font is of veined alabaster, standing under the second arch from the west door between the nave and the south aisles. It is very large, and in form like an oval base, fluted, with a cover of the same character." A baptismal font dated 1726-1727, designed by John James and made by Francis Bird. The font is quite large, with a general chalice-shape; it consists of a round basin decorated with a pattern of deeply carved grooves or flutes, and a graded underbowl chamfer; the base is very narrow at the upper end but widens to a larger round lower base; matching cover. (ill. in Burman (2004: fig 2003)) [cf. other entries for this church for earlier fonts]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, alabaster
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1726-1727
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?]
Burman, Peter, "Decoration, furnishings and art since 1900", St. Paul's, the cathedral Church of London, 604-2004, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004