St. Mary's Isle / Dundrennan Abbey?
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Results: 6 records
B01:
coat of arms - Maclellan family?
Scene Description: side A
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Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428 [detail])
Copyright Instructions: PD
B02:
unidentified
Scene Description: side B
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Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428 [detail])
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B03:
animal - bird - leading fox or dog by a leash
Scene Description: side C
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428 [detail])
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B04:
unidentified
Scene Description: side D
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428 [detail])
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of basin - interior
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Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428 [detail])
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view of font - plan, elevation, section and sketch
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Image Source: Walker (1887: pl. on p. 428)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09325MAR
Church/Chapel: [not in a church -- may have been in Dundrennan Abbey]
Country Name: Scotland
Location: Dumfries and Galloway
Directions to Site: Located just SW of Kircudbright, on the N shore of the Solway Firth
Historical Region: formerly Kirkcudbrightshire
Font Location in Church: Reported ca. 1887 outside the mansion-house belonging then to Charles Hope
Date: 1481 or 1482?
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Gothic
Described and illustrated in Walker (1887: 426-427 and pl. on p. 428): "This very beautiful and interesting bowl stands close to fine old mansion-house of St Mary's Isle, now the property of the Hon. Charles Hope, by whose kind permission I was able to make careful drawings ot it. So far as I can make out, the date of it is either 1481 or 1482; the rest of the inscription is too much defaced to be read. The sculpture is very curious, particularly the bird, with a long tail, holding in its mouth a string, or cord, fastened round the neck of a fox-like animal. George Hamilton, Esq. of Ardendee, informs us that the shield bearing the chevrons shows the arms of the Maclellans, and conjectures that the font may have been given to Dundrennan Abbey by Sir Patrick Maclellan, tutor of Bombie, who was buried in Dundrennan Abbey. I am glad to say that every care is taken of this unique specimen. [...] The bowl is octagonal, with circular orifice and bottom drain. It is cut out of the same stone of which Dundrennan Abbey is built."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one [base missing]
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated -- approx.]
Diameter (inside rim): 50 cm [approx.]
Diameter (includes rim): 67.5 cm [approx.]
Basin Depth: 27.5 cm [approx.]
Basin Total Height: 53.75 cm [approx.]
Height of Base: [missing]
Notes on Measurements: Walker (1887: 426 -- measurements in feet/inches in Walker]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: the rest of the inscription is too worn to be read, according to Walker
Inscription Location: around the upper basin side
Inscription Text: ["1481" or "1482"]
Inscription Source: Walker (1887: 426)
REFERENCES
Crown Jewels: the History of the Coronation Regalia in the Jewel House of the Tower of London, 2 v., London: The Stationary Office, 1998
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
