High Easter
Results: 7 records
B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
B02: angel - holding shield - 4
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: detail of a B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: the basin of the font visible among the north pews
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W photograph in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church interior - plan
Scene Description: showing location of the font in the centre of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
Image Source: B&W engraving in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11666EAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, High Easter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre of the nave, opposite the S entrance
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17539973
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: High Easter, Chelmsford CM1 4QW, United Kingdom
Site Location: Essex, East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km NW of Chelmsford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chalmsford
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: [...] octagonal bowl, the faces carved alternately with angels holding shields and with symbols of the Evangelists, probably 14th-century, stem octagonal with shaped stops, lead lining with scratched inscription and date 1594." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with the symbols of the Evangelists and four shields."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lining with scratched inscription and date: 1594
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: scratched in the lead lining
Inscription Text: [??? ... 1594]
Inscription Notes: only the date is recorded in the source
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 490
- Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923, vol. 2: 128, pl. opp. p. xxxii and plan on p. 127
- Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, p. 241