Chester No. 5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10752CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1650? [basin only]
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid) [basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Font Location in Church: In the vestibule
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
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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, p. 105