Morwenstow

Illustrated in Blight (1856) [Blight's illustration shows floral motifs below the rope moulding; we have not been able to find those in any other source thus far]. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as a baptismal ornamented with band of cable motif around its middle and "reputed to be Norman"; the font is llustrated in Bond standing on a square block, clearly not an original part of the font. Hutton (1957) describes this baptismal font as Norman or Saxon "with crude cable carving". Described in Cox (1912): "Rude circular font, with band of cable moulding round the centre is supposed by some to be Saxon, but more likely early Norm[an]." Noted in Pevsner (1970): "Font. Very primitive Norman, egg-shaped, with a simple calble moulding at the foot." Noted in Cautley (1982) as "certainly Saxon". Described in Jenkins (1999) as a Norman font, "among the oldest known, a tub font with cable decoration round its waist. The hollowed bowl is in the shape of an open hard-boiled egg".