Chilham No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 05183CHI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located 8-10 kms WSW of Canterbury, down the A28 to the A252
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Century and Period: 17th century, Post-Reformation
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
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
Lethaby, William Richard, Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English [...] with illustrations, London; New York: Macmillan & co., 1893