Pickering No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 11081PIC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Joseph (R.C.)
Church Patron Saints: St. Joseph
Country Name: England
Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Directions to Site: Located on Potter Hill, Pickering
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1910?
Century and Period: 20th century, Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Eric Gill
Noted in Pevsner (1985): "Font. By Erid Gill, c.1910. A very tall, narrow octagonal bowl decorated with four figure scenes in Gill's flat, stylized, somewhat egyptianizing style. The other four sides with beautiful flat foliage."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal