London No. 62

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view of font and cover

Font image
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2009 by Didimendum1 [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mynameismisty/3323282981/in/set-72157609134856407/] [accessed 15 January 2010]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 13630LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1683?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren?
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Magnus
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Magnus
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the NE corner of London Bridge
Additional Comments: disappeared font: the medieval font?
Font Notes:
Allen (1839?) notes: 'This church was destroyed in the great fire [of] 1666, but was soon after rebuilt in a handsome manner, after the designs of sir C[hristopher] Wren […] The font is a circular basin of marble, on a stone terminal pillar, the cover is a square church qith a flower-pot and bouquet tastefully carved, attached to each face.'' In Blatch (1995): ''Given by three parishoners in 1683, it is of marble with a nice oak cover looking like a house. The figure of Charity appears in a cartouche on the top.'' Baltch (ibid.) notes that there was ''a stone church on the site mentioned in 1067 dedicated to St Magnus'', but its font, together with the church itself, was probably destroyed in the London Fire.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: ca. 1683? / 17th-century?
Material: wood, oak
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?], p. 179 / [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]
  • Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995, p. 104