London No. 87 / Somerset

Results: 3 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 13660LON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1699
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Stuart
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Christopher Wren? / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [demolished in 1871, except for the tower]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Greater London, South East, England, United Kingdom
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]
Additional Comments: disappreared font(s)?
Font Notes:
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: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Text: "EX DONO JOHANNIS TOOLYE, HUJUS TRIB[?]US VICARII DIGNISSIMI 1699, NECRON VIGILANTISSIMI"
Inscription 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. 717/ [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#PRA1-PA637,M1] [accessed 31 July 2008]