Somerleyton
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B01: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - blank - 4
Scene Description: one on every other side of the octagonal basin alternating with lions
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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B02: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant - 4
Scene Description: one on every other side of the octagonal basin alternating with angels
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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BU01: angel - head - 8
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - 8
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2008
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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UB02: design element - architectural - buttress - 4
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2008 by Simon Knott [http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/somerley.htm] [accessed 27 October 2009]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05518SOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km NW of Lowestoft, about the same distance west of Corton, which has a similar font
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Corton and Pakefield, also in the area around Lowestoft, Suffolk, have similar ornamentation
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.suffolkchurches.co.uk, for his photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Suckling (1846-1848): "octangular font, round the base of which are traces of an inscription now illegible". Parker (1855) reports a good font in this church. Described in Bond (1908) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font of the 15th century; the sides of the basin are ornamented with "demi-angels" alternating with lions. Cautley (1982) describes the 17th-century cover as "charming". The angels hold blank shields; the underbowl chamfer has the usual double set of decoration on this type of font: angel heads on the top, floral motifs below; the octagonal-to-square pedestal base has seated lions and buttresses alternating all around. The wooden cover has a crown-like base with carved sides, with raised scroll ribs converging on a finial above.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: round the base
Inscription Text: [illegible]
Inscription Source: cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-century?
Material: wood
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982
Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-10-27 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855
Suckling, Alfred, The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, with genealogical and architectural notices of its several towns and villages, London: John Weale [...], 1846-1848