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B01: design element - motifs - moulding

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

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BU02: design element - motifs - foliage

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: four large leaves forming the base of the stem

LID01: design element - architectural - church - tower

Scene Description: representing the tower of the old demolished church

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09909LON
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Dionis, Parsons Green
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Country Name: England
Location: Greater London, South East
Directions to Site: Located on New Kings Rd., across from Parsons Green
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Described and illustrated in Blatch (1995: [328], 329) as a font of the 17th century "with a delightful cover representing the old tower" [the old church was demolished in 1878, according to the same source]. The font consists of a moulded octagonal basin , the underbowl decorated with stylised ribbed pattern and large leaves beneath; the base is a baluster-type stem; the whole is raised on an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The cover is slightly taller than the font itself, probably around four feet and, as Blatch indicates, it is in the shape of the tower of the old church; it is raised by means of a counterweight apparatus hooked from the ceiling.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood,
Apparatus: yes (counterweight?)
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Blatch, Mervyn, Guide to London's churches (2. ed.), London: Constable, 1995