Orston

Results: 7 records

B03: human figure - long hair - in an arch

demi-figure: is this the cherub referred to in Cox (1912)? [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: demi-figure: is this the cherub referred to in Cox (1912)? [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cox & Harvey (1907: 175)
Copyright Instructions: PD

B04: design element - motifs - floral - flower - in an arch

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cox & Harvey (1907: 175)
Copyright Instructions: PD

B06: design element - motifs - floral - flower - tulip - 3 - in an arch - Tudor rose

the three tulips, inside a vase, with a Tudor rose as a base; symbol of the Trinity? [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: the three tulips, inside a vase, with a Tudor rose as a base; symbol of the Trinity? [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cox & Harvey (1907: 175)
Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Cox & Harvey (1907: 175)
Copyright Instructions: PD

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07375ORS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Restoration
Cognate Fonts: the fonts at East Bridgford, Newark, Orston, Scarrington, Shelford, Sibthorpe, Tythby, Walkeringham and Warton, all in Notinghamshire, as cognates of the same period [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17528020
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (3 km N) the A52, 7-8 km ENE of Bingham
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated Cox & Harvey (1907) as a Restoration baptismal font dated 1662, "the most striking Restoration font in England [...], a fine piece of carving, partly after a mediaeval model, but at the same time showing considerable originality. The arrangement of the three tulips -probably emblematic of the Trinity- is, we should think, unique." C&H's drawing shows three sides of the octagonal basin [L-->R]: 1)a large floral motif in a round arch; 2)three tulips in a vase issuing out of a Tudor rose, all in under round arch; 3)human figure, bust only, in a round arch. The basin has a lid with a trefoil handle. Described and illustrated in Cox (1912): "The font highly interesting for Restoration date; octagonal, one face is inscribed "Given by Mrs. Constantia Kerchevall, Feb. 7, 1662." Of other faces, one is blank, for it was formerly against wall ; 3rd bears cherubs heads; 4th has elaborate rose-like flower; 5th plain conventional rose; and 6th, probably intended as emblem of Trinity, Tudor rose, with three tulips rising out of the centre." Described in Gill (1920): "he font at Orston was originally placed against the western pier of the south aisle, and that is the reason why one of the panels is blank. The carving on the front panel bears an unique arrangement of three tulips in a vase issuing from the centre of a Tudor rose—probably meant to be emblematical of the Trinity. Another panel contains an inscription and date: 'GIVEn / By Mrs. / ConsTAnTiA / Kerchevall / Feb. 7. / 1662.'" Guilford (1927) describes it as "the best Restoration font in the county". Described in Pevsner & Williamson (1979), who give a reference to the font at Southwell as cognate.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: English
Inscription Location: on one of the panels of the basin
Inscription Text: "GIVEn / By Mrs. / ConsTAnTiA / Kerchevall / Feb. 7. / 1662."
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat, with metal handle

REFERENCES

  • Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 174, 175
  • Cox, John Charles, Nottinghamshire, London: Allen, 1912, p. 12, 157 / [http://ia301109.us.archive.org/3/items/nottinghamsh00coxuoft/nottinghamsh00coxuoft.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2009]
  • Gill, Harry, "The Church of St. Mary, Orston", 24 (1920), Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 1920
  • Guilford, Everard Leaver, Nottinghamshire, London: Methuen, 1927, p. 39, 153
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, p. 283, 327