Laxham
INFORMATION
Font ID: 01651LAX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: [there is no Laxham in Norfolk -- there is East Lexham and West Lexham, both with medieval churches]
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexham
Font Notes:
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Norman font of Purbeck marble supported on low pillars (Cox, 1907, p. 209)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (Purbeck)
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 208