Travelling Font

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Description

Travelling font also known as a fontlet used by Algernon Gifford. Shaped like a full sized font. White ceramic bowl. Marked on concave base - 'Font in All Saints Ch - Longstanton - Camd - J Flack'

This miniature font is modelled on the font in All Saints Church, Cambridgeshire, England.

Production place

England
Great Britain
Europe

Production date

1840s

Production period

Victorian

Collection type

Museum

Media/materials

Ceramic and plaster

Measurements

H 166mm x W 134mm x D 134mm

Accession number

06/0049

System ID

1637

Current Rights

Culture Waitaki Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence

Organisation Credit Line

Collection of the Waitaki Museum. Id 1637

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Classifications

Font, Baptismal Vessel, Baptismal Container, Ritual Religious Objects Ceremonial Objects Communication Objects

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