Holcombe Burnell

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BU01: symbol - shield - blank

INFORMATION

FontID: 10536HOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Devon, South West
Directions to Site: Located 6-7 km SW of Exeter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Baptismal font with a decagonal basin, probably of the date of the fabric of the church, the 15th century. Noted in Stabb (1908): "The font is old, the sides of the bowl are carved with geometrical patterns, there is a blank shield beneath the bowl, and the shaft is ornamented. There are 10 sides to the bowl, a rather uncommon number." Not mentioned in Pevsner (1952) or Hoskins (1954).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: decagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: decagonal

REFERENCES

Stabb, John, Some old Devon churches, their roods, pulpits, fonts, etc., London: Simkin, [et al.], 1908-1916