East Tilbury

Results: 2 records

BU01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 11880TIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Katherine [aka St. Catherine]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine] [earlier dedicated to St. Margaret]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located 4 km E of Tilbury
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, near the arcade that separates it from the S aisle
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Late Perpendicular
Drawing of a font in the Harvey Pridham Drawings of English Fonts (MS 56). [Folder Number, Item Description]. University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept., done by Harvey Pridham on 30 May 1887 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal. Position. Circular bowl, slight rakes, lead lined, 4 1/2 margin. 10 deep. Flat modern cover." Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font: octagonal bowl, with moulded under-edge, plain stem and moulded base, early 16th-century."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead-lined
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Fridham [cf. FontNotes]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the historical monuments in Essex, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1916-1923