Maidstone
Results: 10 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Droemersche Verlargsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., 1983
Image Source: grayscale detail of a colour photographed in Mehling (1985)
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B05: design element - motifs - quatrefoil
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Droemersche Verlargsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., 1983
Image Source: grayscale detail of a colour photographed in Mehling (1985)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Droemersche Verlargsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., 1983
Image Source: colour photographed in Mehling (1985)
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pevsner, 1969
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph in Pevsner (1969)
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pevsner, 1969
Image Source: B&W photograph in Pevsner (1969)
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: 1898 photograph of the nave with the font in the forefront
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © The Francis Frith Collection, 1988
Image Source: B&W photograph in The Francis Frith Collection [www.francisfrith.com]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02739MAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1610?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early), Jacobean
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: The font at Queenborough is of about the same date
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, centre aisle
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: Mill St, Maidstone ME15 6YE, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1622 843298
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the M26 and the A229
Font Notes:
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Noted in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal, panelled with shields." Cox & Harvey (1907) describe this font as 17th-century, in the Perpendicular style, bearing "the royal arms and also those of the family of Aston. Over the former are the words, 'Feare God, Honour ye King'." Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as "a well-proportioned octagonal font, temp. James I [i.e., 1603-1625], but the adornment of the bowl and the curves of the stem clearly indicate the period to which it belongs". In newman (1980): "Font. Early C17. Octagonal, still with crude Perp[endicular] mouldings, and shields and foliage on the faces. The date is arrived at by comparison with the Queenborough (E) font of 1610." The Phaidon guide to Gt. Britain (1985) shows a pedestal font -described as "Jacobean" with an octagonal basin; the sides of the basin are rectangular, the long side being larger than the tall; each of the visible sides has a different ornamental motif: a stylised four-petal rose, an unidentified motif ressembling a crowned promontory in the second and a coat of arms in the third side. The base is also octagonal with multiple mouldings (description based on ill. in Mehling, 1985); the church itself dates to the late 14th century with Decorated and Perpendicular periods additions, etc. The entry in The Francis Frith Collection [www.francisfrith.com] reads: "The octagonal Jacobean font is decorated with the arms of Scotland, Ireland, Maidstone and the Astley family, who were granted the former Archbishop's Palace in Elizabethan times. The font is made of Sussex marble."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 327110 5682846
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.2707, 0.5215
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 16′ 14.52″ N, 0° 31′ 17.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Sussex marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: above the royal arms
Inscription Text: "Feare God, Honour ye King"
Inscription Source: Cox & Harvey (1907: 182)
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 182, 204
- Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877, p. 2
- Mehling, Franz N., Great Britain and Ireland: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 448
- Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, p. 397 and pl.
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 44