Derby No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05227DER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Church of St. Werburgh?
Church Wikidata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Werburgh%27s_Church,_Derby
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Werburga [aka Werbyrgh, Werburgh] [Mercian abbess; † ca. 700AD]
Site Location: Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled lid part: thge pelikan finial now [ca. 1908] reported as used as the base of the lectern
Font Notes:
Bond (1908) writes: "At St Werburgh, Derby, the desk of the lectern rests on a well-executed pelican vulning herself, with her four young ones; this pelican was the finial of the font cover till 1711." Pevsner (1978) notes the font cover: "Font cover of wrought iron by Bakewell, 1716, with scrolly leaf motifs; very attractive."

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1716 by Robert Bakewell
Material: metal, wrought iron
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 285
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Derbyshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978, p. 173