Hamerton

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - patterns

Scene Description: alternating around the basin sides

LB01: design element - motifs - panel

Scene Description: on the stem of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 06861HAM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located about 20 km SSW of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907: 203) as "a fine example of Perpendicular; the bowl is richly panelled, and the pedestal is raised on steps". Pevsner (1968) notes: "A big, ambitious Perp piece. Panelled stem, bowl with alternating patterns."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968