Gussage St. Michael
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11312GUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Directions to Site: Located off the B3078, 20-24 km N of Poole
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 13th century, Transitional
Font Notes:
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Noted in the 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) as a circular font of the Transitional period. Listed in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period. In Newman & Pevsner (1972): "Font. C13. Circular bowl on a stem, both heavily moulded."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973
Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 75
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Dorset, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972