Norbury nr. Shrewsbury

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

snowflake? Cross? [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: snowflake? Cross? [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07063NOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 3-4 km N of the A489-A488 junction, 34 km WSW of Shrewsbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
The Salopian Shreds and Patches (issue of April 13, 1881: 165) describes the font in this church: "The font is very massive, the basin is 2 ft. 6 inches in diameter and 1 ft. deep. It is octagonal. On one of the facets there is a rosette." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) as a baptismal font of the Decorated period. Noted in Newman & Pevsner (2006): "Font. Late medieval. Octagonal bowl with a snowflake pattern (i.e., a cross?) on the E[ast] face."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in feet and inches in The Salopian Shreds and Patches issue for April 13, 1881 (p. 165)]

REFERENCES

Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907
Newman, John, Shropshire, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006