London No. 69

Results: 2 records

B01: angel - cherub - head

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 13637LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen [burnt down in 1886]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: The church was located on the N side of Knightrider Street, at the W corner of Old Fish Street
Date: ca. 1685?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Stuart? / Jacobean?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren? / heraldic font?
Allen (1839?) writes: "The old [medieval] edifice was destroyed by the fire of London; and the present building was erected in the year 1685 […] sir C. Wren being the architect […] The font, in the north-west angle of the church, is a circular basin of marble on a balluster, adorned with cherubs heads, and a shield, bearing on a lozenge a cross ermine, between four bucks trippant, the colours are lost in consquence of the whole being gilt." Blatch (1995) reports that St. Mary Magdalene "burned down in 1886".

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?]
Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995