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Image copyright © Colin and Chris Smith, 2004
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Scene Description: believed to be the base of a medieval (?) baptismal font, now in the churchyard
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin and Chris Smith, 2004
Image Source: Colin and Chris Smith [colinandchrissmith@btinternet.com]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 11 December 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10393GER
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. German
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Bratton Clevelly, about 15 km NE of Launceston
Font Location in Church: Reported in the churchyard ca. 2003
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin and Chris Smith for the photograph of this object.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A fragment of an old font was reported recently [ca. 2003] in the churchyard by Colin and Chris Smith. The surviving fragment a ppears to be the base of a baptismal font: round with a socket at top, then splaying out towars a square bottom that appears decorated with mouldingg on the side. The object appears covered in vegetation, moss and lichens. [We are grateful to Colin and Chris Smith for the photograph of this object]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: fragment