Egerton

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Results: 6 records

B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4

Scene Description: on some of the sides of the basin

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B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - griffin

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: design element - motifs - floral - rose

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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BU01: angel - cherub - 8

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UB01: design element - architectural - buttress - 4

Scene Description: one on every other angles of the stem of the base

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 06952EGE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located just S of the M20, about 8 km WNW of Ashford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the S wall
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Described in Glynne (1877): "The font has an octagonal bowl with roses, angels and gryphons, on an octagonal stem, having buttresses, set upon a step." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a noteworthy baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The Kent Archaeological Society site [www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/VisRec/E/EGE] has an image of the font, by Pam Connell, as well as a description of it based on notes by Leland L. Duncan (noted 16 May 1921): "Font: 15th century octagonal with emblems of the Evangelists". The image shows an octagonal mounted font; the sides of the basin are vertical, each panel decorated; the chamfered underbowl is alos decorated [unable to discern the motifs from the illustration]; the stem of the base has a buttress motif at every other angle; the lower base is ocragonal; the plinth is hexagonal, with three extended sides in the shape of a "kneeling stone". The Egerton website [http://www.egerton-kent.co.uk/About/churches.htm] [accessed 9 February 2010] notes the font was moved to its present location in 1910.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
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
Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877