Carew No. 1 / Carew Cheriton

INFORMATION

FontID: 10060CAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Wales

Location: Pembrokeshire

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the vestry

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Lloyd et al. (2001: 160) as the base of an old font [probably 14th century] now kept in the vestry. This source describes the font in use as an "1844 copy of the old Norman square scalloped bowl, which has fooled many a visitor" [NB: font not listed in this Index on account of its late date -- cf. entry for Carew No. 2 for a medieval stoup in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: [base only]

Basin Interior Shape: [missing]

Basin Exterior Shape: [missing]

REFERENCES

Lloyd, Thomas, Pembrokeshire, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004