High Easter

Image copyright © H.M.S.O., 1923
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Results: 7 records
B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
B02: angel - holding shield - 4
inscription
view of basin
view of church interior - looking west
view of church interior - plan
INFORMATION
FontID: 11666EAS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located about 12 km NW of Chelmsford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the centre of the nave, opposite the S entrance
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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 Notes: only the date is recorded in the source
Inscription Location: scratched in the lead lining
Inscription Text: [??? ... 1594]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Bettley, James, Essex, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Essex, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976