London No. 50 / Lily Font
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Scene Description: The Illustrated London News, 29 June 1850 (detail)
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Image Source: detail of The Illustrated London News, 29 June 1850
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Scene Description: the lower image shows the font on the occasion of the christening of Prince Arthur at the Chapel, Buckingham Palace, in June 1850 (The Illustrated London News, 29 June 1850)
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Image Source: The Illustrated London News, 29 June 1850
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Image Source: photograph by Getty Images reproduced in DailiMail Online [www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149802/Crown-Jewels-leave-London-time-Priceless-175-year-old-font-taken-Norfolk-play-central-role-christening-Princess-Charlotte.html] [accessed 30 March 2016]
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Image Source: photograph by Getty Images reproduced in DailiMail Online [www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3149802/Crown-Jewels-leave-London-time-Priceless-175-year-old-font-taken-Norfolk-play-central-role-christening-Princess-Charlotte.html] [accessed 30 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13201LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Museum: [believed kept in the Tower, among the Regalia]
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. Museum field]
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: famous person font: Arthur William Patrick Alberrt, born 1 May 1850; died 16 January 1942; Governor General of Canada (1911-1916); Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Earl of Sussex. -- baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on 22 June 1850 by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rev. John Bird Sumner.
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Yvonne Demoskoff, in her article "Christening Information for Relatives of the British Royal Family from King George I to Queen Elizabeth II" (2001-2002) [http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~canyon/christenings2.html] informs of another royal font, "the portable Lily Font" designed by Prince Albert; this Lily Font is apparently used for royal baptisms as well". The font is shown in The Illustrated London News (issue of 29 June 1850) on the occasion of the christening of Arthur, son of Queen Victoria. The font is called 'Lily Font' because the basin and stem are fashioned in silver (?) after the flower, while the base proper consists of a ornate platform which includes foliage, the Royal Arms and two (?) cherubs with harps.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, silver
Font Shape: other (flower-shaped basin on complex base)
Basin Interior Shape: other (flower-shaped)
Basin Exterior Shape: other (flower-shaped)