Thorrington

Results: 6 records

B01: symbol - shield - the instruments of the Passion

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

B02: symbol - fruit - pomegranate

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

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

UB01: design element - motifs - panel - trefoiled

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

UB02: design element - architectural - buttress

Scene Description: at the angles of the stem [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11735THO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalen
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km N of Brightlingsea [Coordinates: 51° 50′ 18.06″ N, 1° 2′ 27.74″ E 51.83835, 1.04104]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with panelled sides, three with instruments of the passion, others with pomegranate and flower, buttressed stem with trefoil-headed panels, moulded base, early 16th-century." In Pevsner (1976) and in Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular]. Stem with buttresses and tracery panels, bowl with leaves and 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