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B01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower - in a quatrefoil - 8

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06717THU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located just E of the A130, in or about South Benfleet, 10 km WNW of Southend-on-Sea [Coordinates: 51° 34′ 12″ N, 0° 35′ 24″ E 51.57, 0.59] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Early English period. Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panelsenclosing square flowers, of doubtful antiquity." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Small, octagonal, Perp[endicular] with quatrefoil panels."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976