Hose / Howes
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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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BU01: angel - cherub
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB01: design element - patterns - tracery
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 11975HOS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A606, 9 km WNW of Melton Mowbray
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818) [NB: Upcott uses spelling "Howes"]. Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Big, octagonal, of coarse workmanship, with tracery on the stem. Angels with spread wings on the lower part of the bowl, quatrefoils on the upper." Noted in the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, Recent Grants [...] 16 March 2006 [www.historicchurches.org.uk]: "Font is 14th century".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984
Upcott, William, A bibliographical account of the principal works relating to English topography, London: Printed by Richard and Arthur Taylor, 1818