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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: one on each panel of the octagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roughwood, 2004
Image Source: Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 5 January 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roughwood, 2004
Image Source: Mark Collins [www.roughwood.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (email of 5 January 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10486TAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A354, about 6 km NE of Blandford Forum
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the same period as the Perpendicular tower. The font consists of an octagonal basin with vertical sides and graded chamfered underbowl, raised on a plain octagonal stem, a moulded lower base and an octagonal plinth. [We are grateful to Mark Collins, of www.roughwood.net, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal