Sevenoaks No. 1
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B01: symbol - shield - emblem - the instruments of the Passion
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B02: symbol - shield - emblem - see of Canterbury
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B03: design element - motifs - floral - rose - Tudor rose - 2
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B04: animal - mammal - head - in a cricle
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B05: coat of arms - unidentified
Scene Description: a chevron between three trees [cf. Font notes]
B06: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head
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B07: unidentified
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06962SEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located at the junction A21-M26, 25-3- km WSW of Maidstone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: the Church of St John the Baptist, Sevenoaks, has a modern font and cover
Font Notes:
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Described in Glynne (1877): "The font is octagonal panelled with quatrefoils […] Containing carvings, each panel bearing a different subject: (i.) a shield bearing the instruments of our Lord's Passion; (ii.) arms of the See of Canterbury; (iii.) and (iv.) Tudor roses; (v.) a lion's head within a circular cable; (vi.) a shield bearing a chevron between three trees; (vii.) a grotesque head; (viii.) defaced." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Newman (1980) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period.
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
Glynne, Steven Richard, Sir, Notes on the churches of Kent, London: John Murray, 1877
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980