St. Michael Caerhays / Saint Michael Caerhays
INFORMATION
FontID: 10938MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A3078, just N of the Veryan Bay and the South West Coast Path
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Font Notes:
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Noted in Cox (1912): "round font, of Pentewan stone, with good foliated work on bowl, is late in [Norman] period." Described in Pevsner (1970); "Font. Norman, circular, with large leaves in flat relief." Hemispherical basin covered in foliage motifs, on a plain and thin cylindrical shaft; moulded lower base is square; second level also square but modern, as is the octagonal plinth. The wooden cover is round and flat, with metal decoration; appears modern. Illustrated in A Snap in Time [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/MichaelC.html] [accessed 19 November 2009].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Cornwall, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970