Historical Context
Editorially reviewedThe St Clement’s font preserves an unidentified merchant mark whose form has been described as resembling a wine mark. The accompanying wine tun strengthens the trade association, but published research notes that attempts to identify its exact owner have been unsuccessful and proposed family attributions remain hypothetical.
Provenance: Carved on the north shield of the font at St Clement’s Church, Sandwich; a wine tun appears immediately above the mark.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 31/08/2026
Sources
1 referenceThe Font at the Church of St Clement, Sandwich and the Hallum, Berney Problem
Kent Archaeological Society, Archaeologia Cantiana 103; discussion of the north shield merchant mark, wine tun, and unresolved provenance. (Kent Archaeological Society)
Supports: Documents the carved merchant mark, its resemblance to a wine mark, the wine tun above it, and the uncertainty of attribution.
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St Clement's Sandwich Wine Merchant Mark
Unidentified merchant mark at St Clement’s, Sandwich, probably associated with the wine trade.
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