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B01: design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: stylised and probably re-cut at a later time [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 10759SHO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Edith
Church Patron Saints: St. Edith
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [re-cut?], Medieval [altered]
Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Was it re-cut in the later C17? See the stylized flower motifs in the panels." Richards (1973) writes: "Dating from the fifteenth century, the font is unsual in having seven sides. It bears signs of being recut, possibly early last century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: heptagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: heptagonal

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cheshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971
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