Peter Tavy / Petertavy / St. Peter Tavy / St. Peter Tavi

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B01: coat of arms - keys - in saltire

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 09467PET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) of the A386, about 6 km NNE of Tavistock, 25-30 km N of Plymouth
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font?
Font Notes:
Described in Worthy (1887): "The font, which is octagonal, has two keys addorsed in saltier [sic] carved on one of its sides, but with this exception is perfectly plain." Noted in Pevsner (1952): "Octagonal, with simply carved tracery, etc., in the panels. Late Perp[endicular]."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, South Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1952
Worthy, Charles, Devonshire parishes, or the antiquities, heraldry and family history of twenty-eight parishes in the Archdeaconry of Totnes, Exeter; London: William Pollard; George Redway, 1887