St. Gwinear
Results: 10 records
B02: human figure - hand
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
B03: symbol - cross - saltire
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
B04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Tau cross
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
B06: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle
Scene Description: on one of the panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
LB01: design element - motifs - lozenge
Scene Description: on one (?) of the sides of the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
LB02: design element - motifs - scallop
Scene Description: on one (?) of the sides of the lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
LBH01: human figure - head - 4?
Scene Description: only one remains now -- Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
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Scene Description: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Sketch by Blight in the original 1863 article in The Gentleman's Magazine
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10894GWI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1727
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [base only] / 18th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Gwinear
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gwinear [aka Fingar, Winnerus]
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on the Nanpusker Rd. to Carnhell Green, off (E) the A30, 5 km ENE of Hayle
Additional Comments: recycled font / composite font: 18th-century basin on an earlier pedestal and base
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Blight (1863): "The bowl of the font is octagonal, dated 1727, and has each face carved, the devices being -- a heart, a hand, St. Andrew's cross, figure of Our Lord on a Tau cross, head with nimbus, &c. The pedestal and base are of early date; on the splay of the latter is a lozenge and scollop pattern; and at each corner was a projecting head, one of which still remains. The bowl may be sculptured in imitation of an older one." Noted in Cox (1912) also as a composite font. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Gwinear.html] [accessed 16 November 2009].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Blight, John Thomas, "Cornish churches [pt. 9]", [214], June 1863, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, 1863, pp. 690-701; p. 697
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 121