Chester No. 5

INFORMATION

FontID: 10752CHE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Font Location in Church: In the vestibule
Date: ca. 1650? [basin only]
Century and Period: 17th century(mid) [basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Small, square, with simple vegetable motifs, probably 1660s." Described in Richards (1973): "a Commonwealth bowl, well carved on its four sides and inscribed 'W.W.' (William Wilson)", now [i.e., ca. 1973] standing on a new base in the vestibule. [cf. Index entry for Chester No. 2 for the earlier font in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Richards, Raymond, Old Cheshire churches: a survey of their history, fabric and furniture with records of the older monuments, with a supplementary survey relating to the lesser old chapels of Cheshire, Didsbury, Manchester: E.J. Morten, 1973