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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2004
Image Source: John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 10182BAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Editha
Church Patron Saints: St. Editha [Eadgyth, Edgytha, Edith of Wilton, Ediva]
Country Name: England
Location: Wiltshire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3089, about 16 km WNW of Salisbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century [re-tooled?], Medieval [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a type common in this county between the 13th and 15th centuries: egg-cup shaped basin raised on a moulded cylindrical pedestal base, and an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. The basin has been re-tooled and is totally plain. Flat wooden font cover, modern. [We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wooden
Apparatus: no