London No. 87 / Somerset

Results: 3 records

B01: coat of arms

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: angel - cherub - head

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 13660LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [demolished in 1871, except for the tower]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on the N side of Upper Thams Street, on the SE corner of Old Fish Street hill [the church, with the exception of the tower, was demolished in 1871]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1699
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren? / heraldic font
Allen (1839?) notes that "this church was rebuilt after the fire [of 1666] after the designs of sir Christopher Wren, and finished in 1695 […] At the west end is a handsome font of white marble, of a circular form, adorned with a shield of arms (a chevron engrailed, thereon three shells, in chief a lion passant guardant) and cherubs heads, and inscribed 'Ex dono Johannis Toolye, hujus tribus vicarii dignissimi 1699, necron vigilantissimi'". [NB: we have no information about the font(s) of the earlier church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "EX DONO JOHANNIS TOOLYE, HUJUS TRIB[?]US VICARII DIGNISSIMI 1699, NECRON VIGILANTISSIMI"

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?]