Milton Damerel
Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
Results: 2 records
LB01: design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: or striated, on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Peters, 2005
Image Source: Roger Peters [www.wissensdrang.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 9 January 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06633MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Devon, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A388, about 30 km N of Launceston
Font Notes:
Click to view
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 196) as having a baptismal font of the 15th century made of granite. Noted and illustrated in Stabb (1908): "There is an old granite font [...] octagonal in shape on short shaft." The font consists of a plain octagonal basin with tapering sides and a chamfered underbowl, raised on a roughly cylindrical pedestal base and a modern (?) square plinth. The sides of the pedestal base are decorated with fluted or striated pattern, but the rest of the font is totally plain. [We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908)]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Dr. Roger Peters, of www.wissensdrang.com, for his permission to use the transcription of and images from Stabb (1908)]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 196
- Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916, p. 160 and pl. 160b