Tarvin
Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
CR01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
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LB01: design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled
Scene Description: on the sides of the stem
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
LB02: symbol - shield - blank - 8
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
LB03: design element - motifs - floral - rosette
Scene Description: on the splaying lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Craig Thornber, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Craig Thornber, 2006 [www.thornber.net]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of 15 September 2006)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10761TAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Cheshire, North West
Directions to Site: Located on the A51, 8-10 km E of Chester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [re-tooled?], Perpendicular [altered?]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font.
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1971): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, with quatrefoil decoration and a panelled stem." Richards (1973) writes: "Tarvin has preserved its fine fifteenth century font. Octagonal in shape, with quatrefoil panels, the shaft is enriched with tracery and alternate panels and shields, and the base with a beautifully carved roses." [NB: the font appears to have been re-tooled; all the sides of the stem have shields inscribed in trefoil arches or windows; the upper rim of the basin appears to have been cut off]. [We are grateful to Craig Thornber, of www.thornber.net, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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