THIS SILVER-GILT FONT which was used for the baptism of Viscount Linley, Ute son of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon, at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury (the Most Rev. A. M. Ramsey) named the baby David Albert Charles. The font was made by E. J. and W. Barnard for the christening of Victoria, Princess Royal, who was born in 1840. It is in the form of a plain fluted bowl, decorated on the edge with large sprays of flowers and Ivy. It is supported on a stem fashioned like a flower, and seated on the sides of the base are three cherubs playing lyres. The Royal Arms of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort are applied to the sides of the base.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29702, 21 December 1961, Page 6
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126THIS SILVER-GILT FONT which was used for the baptism of Viscount Linley, Ute son of Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon, at Buckingham Palace yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury (the Most Rev. A. M. Ramsey) named the baby David Albert Charles. The font was made by E. J. and W. Barnard for the christening of Victoria, Princess Royal, who was born in 1840. It is in the form of a plain fluted bowl, decorated on the edge with large sprays of flowers and Ivy. It is supported on a stem fashioned like a flower, and seated on the sides of the base are three cherubs playing lyres. The Royal Arms of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort are applied to the sides of the base. Press, Volume C, Issue 29702, 21 December 1961, Page 6
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