Christening font, basin and tankards
Reference code
SIT/01/12
Title
Christening font, basin and tankards
Level of description
file
Scope and content
Handwritten notes on the history and usage of fonts, basins and tankards as a part of State Regalia. There is an overview of royal fonts generally from the late Tudor period onwards and correspondence from Garrard Jewellers relating to repair works carried out on two silver tankards.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London