Bristol No. 9
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: several
B02: angel - cherub
Scene Description: several
LB01: design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: on the legs
LB02: animal - claw
Scene Description: on the feet of the base
INFORMATION
FontID: 10657BRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Bristol, South West
Directions to Site: On Broad Street
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1624
Century and Period: 17th century(early)
Font Notes:
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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
Pevsner, Nikolaus, North Somerset and Bristol, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958