Peterborough No. 2

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B01: inscription

inside a wreath, though there appears to be some text also just over it
Scene Description: inside a wreath, though there appears to be some text also just over it
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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B02: symbol - wreath

on the front side, containing the inscription and date
Scene Description: on the front side, containing the inscription and date
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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BF01: human figure - female

on the left of the front side, with a very large head and a tiny body
Scene Description: on the left of the front side, with a very large head and a tiny body
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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BF02: human figure - male

on the right of the front side, with a very large head and a tiny body
Scene Description: on the right of the front side, with a very large head and a tiny body
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Bond (1908)
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view of font

Font image
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: 05522PET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1669
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Post-Reformation
Museum: Peterborough Museum, [unknown]
Church / Chapel Name: [now in the Peterborough Museum]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Site Location: Cambridgeshire, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 135-140 km north of London
Additional Comments: recycled font: moved to a museum
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bond (1908) as an octagonal unmounted font of the Post-Reformation period; it is dated 1669 in an inscription on the front side, inside a wreath which contains also some initials; two large protruding human heads, one male and one female, appear on the two contiguous sides, to the left and the right; their bodies, by contrast, are tiny; it is a late work -as the date indicates- that harks back at earlier font designs, though not very successfully. [NB: this cannot be the font installed in the Cathedral in 1615 and later replaced by the restored 13th-century font] [NB: confirmation of this, and other data requested from the Museum - reply pending]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the front side of the basin
Inscription Text: "[...] / [...] / 1669"
Inscription Notes: the lettering preceding the date is not readable in the source
Inscription Source: Bond (1985, c1908: ill. on p. 266)

REFERENCES

  • Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 43, 267 and ill. on p. 266