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LB01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: atop the short pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 06627COL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the B3178, just W of Sidmouth, 18 km ESE of Exeter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Oliver (1840-1842) writes: "The Font is a plain octagon, resting on a low circular base, with a cable moulding for a capital." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as having a baptismal font of the Norman period. There is no mention of the font in Pevsner (1952). Hoskins (1954) notes: "The church […] retains its Norman font."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Hoskins, William George, Devon, London: Collins, 1954
Oliver, George, Ecclesiastical Antiquities in Devon: being Observations on Several Churches in Devonshire, with some Memoranda for the History of Cornwall, Exeter: W.C. Featherstone, 1840-1842