Oulton nr. Lowestoft
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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
Scene Description: on alternate sides of the basin, deeply carved
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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B02: design element - motifs - floral - Tudor rose - 4
Scene Description: on alternate sides of the basin, a large one on each, deeply carved
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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BU01: angel - cherub - 8
Scene Description: one on each corner of the underbowl chamfer; the spread wings adorn the sides themselves
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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LB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
Scene Description: one on each alternate corner of the octagonal pedestal of the base
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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LB02: design element - architectural - buttress
Scene Description: one on each alternate corner of the octagonal pedestal of the base
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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view of church exterior
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Image Source: digital scan of a F. Bedford lithograph based on a drawing by Mrs. J. Worship (?) in Suckling (1848)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital scan of an engraving by Orlando Jewitt in Suckling (1848)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04032OUL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located just to the NW of Lowestoft
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Cognate Fonts: The font at Saxmundham, also in Suffolk, is similar, though not identical
Font Notes:
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Illustrated with an engraving by Orlando Jewitt in Suckling (1846-1848). Illustrated in Parker (1855), with the same engraving. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font of the 15th century in the Perpendicular style; the octagonal basin has the Evangelists' symbols and Tudor roses alternating in the panels, all deeply carved and surrounded by moulded frames; the corners of the underbowl chamfer have cherubs, their wings covering the space in between; the stem of the base is also octagonal with sedente lions at every-other angle and the lower base is square. It appears in good state of repair.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
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