Weeley
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B01: symbol - shield - blank
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
BU01: design element - motifs - floral - square flower
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB01: design element - patterns - tracery
Scene Description: on the sides of the stem [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11742WEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 7-8 km N of Clacton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled sides enclosing blank shields and foliage, much recut, moulded underside with square flowers, stem with traceried panels, 15th-century." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal with rosettes and shields in the panels." Not mentioned in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
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