Woodham Mortimer / Wudeham / Little Woodham

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LB01: design element - motifs - panel - Ogee

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 11900WOO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A414, 5 km WSW of Maldon [Coordinates: 51° 42′ 32.4″ N, 0° 37′ 40.8″ E 51.709, 0.628] [Diocese of Chelmsford]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] -- 15th century [stem and base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes:
Noted in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Essex, 1916-1923): "Font:round bowl, octagonal stem with ogee-headed panels, moulded base, stem and base late 15th-century, bowl earlier." In Bettley & Pevsner (2007): "Font. C13 round bowl and a C15 octagonal brick base."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone and brick, stone basin on a later brick base
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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