Orton Waterville
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10704ORT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Cambridgeshire, East
Directions to Site: Located now in the SW suburbs of Peterborough
Historical Region: formerly Huntingdonshire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the late 13th or early 14th century consisting of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides and chamfered underbowl, raised on a columnar base (central shaft and four detached colonnettes) and a circular lower base. Octagonal pyramidal wooden cover with knob finial; appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no