Combeinteignhead / Combe-in-Teignhead

Described and illustrated in Stabb (1908): "The Norman font [...] has a circular bowl, with a narrow band of carving round the top, the rest of the bowl is carved with star mouldings, and underneath is a cable twist; it is mounted on shaft and plinth raised on two modern steps." Described and illustrated in Clarke (1915): "This interesting font is adorned with seven medallions, which may compared with those on the lower part of the font of Buckland-in-the-Moor, Starting from the eastern side they are as follows: -- 1)Rose of fluted petals enclosed in a circle; 2 and 3)six-pointed star in circle; between the points the space is made convex, with a circular perforation in each space; 4 and 5)palmetto enclosed in heart-shaped panel; 5 is very lop-sided; 6)six-pointed star; the fillings between the points are flat and have no perforations; 7)four-pointed sunk star with perforated fillings in the centre, surrounded by a chaplet of large pellets each with a circular perforation. Round the rim of the bowl is a band of star ornament, and between bowl and shaft is a cable twist, 3 1/2 inches thick. The bowl is lead lined. The bowl and shaft are of Caen stone; the base, which is modern, of Ham Hill stone. The font is in excellent state of preservation." Described in Tyrrell-Green (1928) as a baptismal font of the Norman period ornamented with a rope moulding around its middle; the rope appears to tighten the font giving it a a cup-shape, of which, Tyrrel-Green adds (ibid.), this is "a graceful example". Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Font, circular, Norman, with palmette decoration and above a band of crosses saltire and below one of cable (just as at Coffinswell in the close neighbourhood)." The font appears to have been re-tooled, if not re-carved.