White Notley

Results: 4 records

B01: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - in a quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B02: design element - motifs - leaf - in a quatrefoil

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

B03: symbol - shield

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - patterns - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11746WHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Etheldreda
Church Patron Saints: St. Etheldreda [aka Audrey, Æðelþryð, Æþelðryþe, Æthelthryth, Ediltrudis]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km SSE of Braintree [Coordinates: 51° 50′ 0″ N, 0° 35′ 0″ E 51.833333, 0.583333]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: The RCHM [cf. FontNotes] gives the dedication as 'unknown'
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal with quatrefoiled panels to bowl filled with carved heads, foliage or plain shields, moulded and carved lower edge, and panelled stem, 15th-century." In Pevsner (1976): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], traceried stem, bowl with quatrefoils with leaves or grotesque heads." Ditto in Bettley & Pevsner (2007).

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