London No. 61

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13629LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1683?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Cognate Fonts: a copy of this font was made for the church of St. Anne and St. Agnes, also in London
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mildred
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mildrith [aka Mildred, Mildþrȳð, Mildryth, Mildthryth]
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Breat Street, S of Basing Lane
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the font from the medieval church
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes: ''The old church was destroyed in the conflagration of 1666, and the present structure was erected in 1683 […] The christening-pew is beneath the organ, and in it is a small stone font of a circular form, standing on a pillar of a similar shape, and enriched with cherubs''. [cf. Index entry for London No. 53 for a similar [copy of?] font at St. Anne and St. Agnes church, London]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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. 169 / [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]