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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding
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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dorinda Miles and/or Lynda Mudle-Small, [2002?]
Image Source: digital image in The Dorset-OPC [www.dorset-opc.com
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11362CHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Nicholas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A350, 6 km SE of Sturminster Newton, 10 km NW of Blandford Forum, 15 km S of Shaftesbury
Font Notes:
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Noted in Long (1923) as a baptismal font of the Norman period with a plain basin. The font consists of an almost cylindrical basin which is actually not totally plain, as it has a moulding at either end; the base is made of a plain circular stem and a round-to-square lower base, with two mouldings on the round part. Flat wooden cover with metal decoration and handle, modern. Illustrated in the Dorset OPC web site [www.dorset-opc.com]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Long, E.T., "Dorset church fonts", 44, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1923, pp. 62-76; p. 67, 75