Pickering No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 11081PIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1910?
Font Century and Period/Style: 20th century, Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Eric Gill
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Joseph (R.C.)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Joseph
Church Address: 41 Potter Hill, Pickering YO18 8AD, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1653 692128
Site Location: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located on Potter Hill, Pickering
Font Notes:
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