Shaftesbury No. 3 / Sceptesberie
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 16 arches
Scene Description: two arches per side of the octagonal basin
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Image Source: engraving from a drawing in Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874)
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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Image Source: engraving from a drawing in Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874)
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LB01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 16 arches
Scene Description: two arches per side of the octagonal stem
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Image Source: engraving from a drawing in Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874)
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the lower base
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Image Source: engraving from a drawing in Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 11475SHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (mid), Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of the Holy Trinity
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Site Location: Dorset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Font Notes:
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The Gentleman's Magazine (issue for July 1842, p. 79) reports the consecration on 31 March 1842 of "the new church of the Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury" and its "stone font by the Countess Grosvenor". The 3rd ed. of Hutchins (1973 c1861-1874) entry for Shaftesbury Holy Trinity's does not mention the baptismal font, but does include an illustration: it consists of an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal pedestal base; the panels of both basin and stem are decorated with pairs of trefoil arches or windows; the underbowl chamfer has graded moulding; the lower base is also octagonal and plain but for a couple of mouldings. [NB: this font looks suspiciously similar to the one at Shaftesbury St. Peter's -- did Hutchins use the wrong illustration? -- to be resolved]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, Wakefield: E.P. Pub. Ltd., 1973, vol. 3: ill. on p. 42