Bristol No. 7

INFORMATION

FontID: 10655BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Christ Church [originally from St. Ewen's]
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: Bristol, South West
Directions to Site: On Broad Street [there is another Christ Church on Clifton Down Rd.]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
Pevsner (1958) notes a "slender polygonal wooden baluster" font in this church. Foyle (2004) mentions two fonts: "C17 octagonal stone font, reputedly from the long-demolished St. Ewen's church." [NB: Foyle (ibib.) notes also a "mahogany baluster font", by Paty [Thomas Paty, fl. ca. 1755], in the vestry ante-room -- the latter font not listed in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Foyle, Andrew, Bristol, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2004
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958