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view of font and cover

INFORMATION

FontID: 11424STU
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Dorset, South West
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Robin Adeney and The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk], for the photograph of this font
The baptismal font now serving in this church is a Victorian one consisting of a cauldron-shaped basin mounted on a broad square base, a quadrangular lower base and a square plinth; the sides of the basin are decorated with four clover-shaped arch heads, each with a red painted Latin cross in it; checquered pattern on the sides of the base; flat wooden cover, modern. The Victorian font is illustrated in The Dorset Historic Churches Trust [http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk] [cf. Index entry for Parkstone (Dorset) for the original font from this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and almost flat, with a carved top; modern