Toronto No. 2

Results: 13 records

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

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Scene Description: dedication plaque by the foot of the font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of basin and base - detail

Scene Description: showing the varied mmotifs on the underbowl, the composition of the base and a partial view of the inscription on the plinth

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of basin and base - detail

Scene Description: showing the varied mmotifs on the underbowl, the composition of the base and a partial view of the inscription on the plinth

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: the view from Huron Street

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2006 by SimonP [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Thomas_Anglican_Church,_Toronto.JPG] [accessed 18 January 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2013 by Pjposullivan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nave_of_St_Thomas_Anglican_Church_of_Canada,_Toronto.JPG] [accessed 18 January 2018]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of font and cover - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of font cover

Scene Description: this one, without functional use, hangs above the font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of font cover - detail

Scene Description: this one, without functional use, hangs above the font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the font in the 1922 Memorial First World War Baptistery

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 May 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 21600TOR

Church/Chapel: St. Thomas' Anglican Church [aka Smoky Tom's]

Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas the Apostle

Church Location: 383 Huron St, Toronto, ON M5S 2G5, Canada

Country Name: Canada

Location: Ontario

Directions to Site: Located downtown Toronto, in the St George Campus, just NW of Robarts Library

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Toronto

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the 1922 Memorial First World War Baptistery

Century and Period: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with deeply-carved trefoiled arch-heads, a round underbowl decorated with eight floral motifs, raised on a central support with four outer colonnettes provided with capitals and bases; on an octagonal plinth. Two font covers present: 1)a tall metal cover above the font, hifly ornamented and bearing inscription; it has no functional use as it cannot be fitted to the font; 2)a flat metal octagonal lid with moulded edges and metal handle. A dedication plaque at the foot of the font identifies the font as a gift in memory of the Cartwright family (John, Emily, John, Stephen and Ralph).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.665978, -79.400594

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 39′ 57.52″ N, 79° 24′ 2.14″ W

UTM: 17T 628949 4836018

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 71 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 89 x 95 cm

Basin Depth: 60 cm

Basin Total Height: 50-51 cm

Height of Base: 44 cm

Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 36 x 36 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 109 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: metal,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal and flat, with moulded edges; metal handle; modern [cf. FontNotes]