Halesworth
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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
Scene Description: alternating with angels around the basin sides
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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B02: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - 4
Scene Description: alternating with the symbols of the four Evangelists
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8
Scene Description: one at each angle of the underbowl chamfer
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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LB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
Scene Description: alternating with woodwooses around the shaft
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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LB02: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - 4
Scene Description: alternating with sedente lions
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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P01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Scene Description: all around the sides of the plinth
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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view of church exterior - west portal
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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view of font
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Image Source: engraving in Suckling (1846-1848)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 01851HAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Steeple End, Halesworth IP19 8LL, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1986 875941
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located about 25 kms SW of Lowestoft (A12 S to the B1123 W at Wenhaston)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / Evangelists' font
Cognate Fonts: Related in shape and ornamentation to the font at Saxmundham and others of that type
Font Notes:
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An engraving of the font at Halesworth St. Mary's appears in Suckling (1846-1848). Noted and illustrated in Parker (1855). Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as one of several octagonal mounted fonts of the 15th century, similar in general form to the ones belonging to the Seven-sacrament group; these, however, have different ornamentation: the sides of the basin have angels or other figures holding shields alternating with Tudor roses, the symbols of the Evangelists and other motifs; the chamfer of the underbowl is usually adorned with cherubs whose wings span to cover the spaces between the heads; the pedestal of the base is usually adorned with sedente lions, and standing figures, the latter usually "wild men" with clubs. Described in Cox & Harvey (1907) simply as a good example of 15th cent. font.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.342373, 1.501380
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848
Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928