London No. 48

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Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - scotia

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BBU01: design element - motifs - ball

Scene Description: a row of, at short intervals, on the upper basin side moulding

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: not 'fluted', as Pevsner notes [cf. Font notes]

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LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: forming a flower-like end for the lower stem

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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the upper part of the stem

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11703LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church St. Alban the Martyr [originally from St. Mary-le-Bow, London]
Church Patron Saints: St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located at the opposite end of Bow Lane from St. Mary Aldermary, on the S side of Cheapside
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1676?
Century and Period: 17th century, Stuart
Originally an ancient church, Allen (1839?), writes "In November, 1091, according to Stow, the building was damaged by a violent hurricane". It was again damaged in the fire of 1666, and was re-built by Sir Christopher Wren, "the font, situated at the south side of the western entrance, is a plain polygonal basin of white marble sustained on a balluster; it is inscribed:'The gift of Francis Dashwood, esq. 1675'. Noted in Pevsner (1976): "Font. From St. Mary-le-Bow in London; found there in the crypt by Sir Charles Nicholson and bought by him. Octagonal stem with large leaves going up in lower part. Bowl with thick flutings." [NB: the original St. Mary-le-Bow was probably 11th-century post-Conquest; most of the building except the crypt destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666; re-built by Wren between 1670 and 1683; restored in 1820 by George Guilt the Younger; destroyed again in WWII; reconstructed ca. 1960 -- we have no information on the Norman font of this church]. The web page of Westcliff-on-Sea St Alban's [www.stalbanswescliff.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk] illustrates the font and cover and informs about an inscription on it: "The gift of Francis Dashwood Esq 1676", as well as on the content of an adjacent brass plate: "Presented by St. Mary-le-Bow Cheapside, 1899".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes
Inscription Text: "The gift of Francis Dashwood Esq 1676"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 19th century?
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. Image area]

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?]
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976