Thorpe-le-Soken

Results: 4 records

B01: symbol - shield - blank - in an Ogee frame

the RCHM describes as "star-shaped" [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: the RCHM describes as "star-shaped" [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - cusped

on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]

LB02: design element - motifs - moulding

on the lower base [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: on the lower base [cf. Font notes]

LB03: design element - motifs - spur

at 90-degree angles on the lower base [cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles on the lower base [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11734THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off the B1033, 7 km N of Clacton-on-Sea, about 20 km SE of Colchester [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [basin and stem] -- 12th century [lower base only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl, faces with plain shields in star-shaped panels, panelled and cusped stem, 15th-century, moulded base, with spur ornaments, 12th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]; the sides have star-shaped panels with shields."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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