Cothelstone No. 1
Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - 8
Scene Description: one on each side of the octagonal basin
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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B02: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: one at the centre of each quatrefoil window
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - cinquefoiled arches - 8
Scene Description: one at the bottom of each side of the basin
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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LB01: design element - architectural - window - Gothic - 8
Scene Description: multiple Gothic window on each side of the pedestal base
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Pike, 1989
Image Source: drawing in Pike (1989: 7)
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (letter of 9/2/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05218COT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas of Canterbury [aka St. Thomas à Becket]
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just SW of West Bagborough, about 10 km NW of Taunton
Font Notes:
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Jeboult (1873) notes: "The font is handsome, and peculiar in design." Kelly's Directory of 1883 reports "an ancient font" in this church. Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. Described and illustrated in Bond (1908); octagonal mounted font with quatrefoil windows on the basin sides; the middle of the quatrefoil has a rosette motif, while the hollows of the windows have other floral or foliage motifs in them; the lower part of each basin panel is carved as a cinquefoil arch. The octagonal pedestal base has multiple-arch windows and the lower base is splayed an also octagonal. Wade & Wade (1929) report "a fine Perp[endicular] font" in this church." In Pike (1989). Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 32, 249 and ill. on p. 32
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 217
- Jeboult, Edward, A General Account of West Somerset, description of the Valley of the Tone, and the history of the twon of Taunton, Taunton: Somerset and Bristol Steam-press, 1873, p. 42
- Kelly, Eric Robert, Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the city of Bristol, London: Kelly & Co., 1883, p. 182
- Pike, Joan H.K., "Medieval Fonts of Ireland", [Supplied courtesy of The Dept. of the History of Art, Trinity College, Dublin], [Ireland]: [Privately printed], 1989, p. 7, 8
- Wade, G.H., Somerset, London: Methurn & Co., 1929, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12287/12287-h/12287-h.htm] [accessed 15 March 2008]