Chilham No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05183CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Post-Reformation
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Kent, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 8-10 kms WSW of Canterbury, down the A28 to the A252
Additional Comments: disappeared font: melted down by the vicar and churchwardens! MUST USE
Font Notes:
Noted in Andre (1882) simply as lead font of the post-Reformation period. In Lethaby (1893), without details. Bond (1908), however, reports it as one of several lead fonts "melted down by the vicar and churchwardens."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, lead

REFERENCES

  • André, J. Lewis, "Leaden Fonts in Sussex", 32, Surrey Archaeological Collections, relating to the history and antiquities of the county, 1882
  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 71
  • Lethaby, William Richard, Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English [...] with illustrations, London; New York: Macmillan & co., 1893, p. 62