Kinver

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09837KIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
Described in Pevsner (1975 c1974: 164): "Font. C14, and of an unusual shape: one concave-sided outline composes base, stem, and bowl without a break. Enterprising tracery patterns." A nineteenth-century illustration of this font is listed in an entry in the William Salt Library, Stafford [www.staffordshire.gov.uk/live/pdf/archives/fis-lei.pdf] under reference SV V.81 a sepia drawing dated 1846, by 'J.B.' [John Buckley] -- 5 in. x 7 in. "'Font in Kinver Church.' showing an octagonal font, shaped as a pedestal and carved with tracery (15th century?)."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, Staffordshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975 c1974, p. 164