Manorbier No. 1 / Maenorbyr / Maenorbýr / Manorbeer

Two fonts noted in this church in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925). Noted in Tyrrell-Green (1928) on a list of mostly Welsh fonts consisting of a square basin decorated with scallop motif (includes one from Bristol St Philip's and another from Thornbury, Gloucs., both bordering with Wales). Described in Lloyd, etc. (2001) as the older of two fonts in this church: "Heavily retooled Norman bowl with scallops." [cf. Index entry for Manorbier No. 2 for the later font]. Listed by Lord (2003) as one of about twenty square fonts produced by a north-Devon workshop [NB: Lord cites Robert Boak's unpublished research as source for the workshop identification]. The decoration of these fonts consists chiefly of scallop and/or foliage motifs. This basin is raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal; the plinth is multi-step and modern. Very ornate font cover, with a carved square lower volume and Jacobean-style "S" frames around a pivot in the upper volume. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".