Bristol No. 9

Results: 4 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10657BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1624
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Bristol, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: On Broad Street
Font Notes:
Noted in Pevsner (1958) as a font of 1624. Described in Foyle (2004): "Unusual cruciform font, 1624, on scrolled legs with claw feet, cherub's heads and rosettes on the square body, and an open cover of curved stays with a dove."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cruciform
Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

  • Foyle, Andrew, Bristol, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2004, p. 99
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, p. 391