Harome

Image copyright © Colin Hinson, 2008
Image and permission received (e-mail of 13 August 2005)
Results: 9 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - in a quatrefoil - 4
B02: angel - holding banderole or scroll - in a quatrefoil - 4
BU01: design element - motifs - moulding
BU02: design element - motifs - zigzag
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
R01: inscription
view of basin - interior
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 10985HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Saviour
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located off (S) A170, 25-30 km E of Thirsk
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, in the centre
Date: ca. 1862?
Century and Period: 19th century, Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Hinson, of www.yorkshireCDbooks.com, for the photographs of this font.
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font probably of the date of the building, 1862; the octagonal basin has a quatrefoil on each side, four of them with an angel holding a banner/scroll alternating with another four containing a floral motive; the upper rim bears an inscription with a text from the baptismal liturgy [cf. Inscription area]; the inner well of the basin is octagonal and lead-lined; the underbowl has a graded chamfer that ends at the bottom in a band of zig-zag; octagonal pedestal base with mouldings; flat wooden cover decorated with metal reinforcements and ring handle.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: English
Inscription Notes: text uncertain
Inscription Location: around the upper rim
Inscription Text: ["Suffer little children to come unto Me"]
Inscription Source: [Image Area]
LID INFORMATION
Date: mode
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]