Muston nr. Grantham
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - floral - rose
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: human figure - head, face or mask - grotesque or fantastic- in a quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BU01: design element - motifs - floral - rose
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11522MUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on the A52, 8-10 km W of Grantham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Described in Gough (1792): "Among the fonts in Leicestershire, that at Muston is square, with roses in the sides and under the angles, and stands on a round base." Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Unusual Perp[endicular] piece with quatrefoils on the bowl containing grimacing masks. The rest covered with fleurons and heads."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Gough, Richard, "Description of the old font in the Church of East Meon, Hampshire, 1789: with some observations on fonts", X, Archaeologia, 1792, pp. 183-209; p. 194
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984