Redwick No. 1

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BU01: design element - patterns - scalloped

all over the underbowl, a/p description in Newman (2000)
Scene Description: all over the underbowl, a/p description in Newman (2000)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04361RED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Church of St. Thomas
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Country Name: Wales
Location: Newport
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km SE of Newport on the N bank of the mouth of the Severn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early), Late Norman? / Transitional?
Font Notes:
Described in Newman (2000) as probably early 13th-century: "Square bowl with scalloped underside on four octagonal shafts and circular central pier. Broad, waterholding foot. Heavily retooled in the C19." Noted in The Civic Trust, Wales, web site [www.civictrustwales.org] as a 13th-century font.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Newman, John, Gwent/Monmouthshire, London: Penguin Books; University of Wales Press, 2000