Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Victorian silver travelling font,

by John Keith, London 1863,

circular form, gilded bowl, engraved with religious decoration below an inscription, the stem formed by three Doric columns, on a hexagonal foot, the underside with a presentation inscription relating to the Reverend Reynolds, of St. Andrews, Croydon, in a fitted case, height 14cm, approx. weight 23oz.

John James Keith was known for his ecclesiastical work, and was appointed as the silversmith of the the Ecclesiological Society, who carried out work from designs by William Butterfield. Ref Culme, J., The Directory of Gold and Silversmiths, the Antique Collectors Club, 1987, Volume I page 269-270.