Chester No. 8
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10755CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1662
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Restoration / Stuart
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Cheshire, North West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: recycled font: brought back into the church after being taken out
Font Notes:
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Noted in Richards (1973): "The font of 1662 has been brought back to the church within recent years. It is of marble and fashioned on classical lines."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
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. 124