Eggesford
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle - 4
Scene Description: one on each side of the square basin
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Image Source: digital image from an illustration in Clarke (1919)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image from an illustration in Clarke (1919)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
FontID: 10414EGG
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A377, 25-30 km WNW of Exeter (dir. Barnstaple)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Cognate Fonts: Alverdiscott, also in Devon
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Clarke (1919): "Of the same pattern as Alverdiscott, but gaining considerably because the upper part of the bowl has been retained, though necessarily patched in five places with new stone. On each face is a lily in a sunk circle as at Alverdiscott, but the background is punched so as to throw out the flower; the punching is modern, and ought not to have been applied. The rest of the bowl is plain, without the fleurs-de-lis on the curves as at Alverdiscott. The shaft and plinth are restorations; there is a chevron as necking and cable at base. The plinth is formed of scallops placed on a slope with the edge cut into unnatural curves, and has a trivial look [...] The material is limestone; there is a modern lead lining to the bowl." In Pevsner (1952): "Font. Norman, much restored. Bowl with rosette on each side and lower edge scalloped."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (cushion-capital) (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: lead lining [modern]
Rim Thickness: 5.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 45 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 56.25 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Height of Central Column: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements given in inches in Clarke (1919: 221)]
REFERENCES
Clarke, Kate M., "The baptismal fonts of Devon -- Part VI", 51, Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1919, pp. 211-221; r["References"]
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Devon, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1952