Sharpness

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view of church exterior

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view of font

Scene Description: the basin-like shape corresponds to the bottom of the up-turned brass bell [cf. Font notes]

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view of font cover

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 11978SHA
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew (new church) [originally from old St. Andrew's]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Sanigar Lane, Sharpness, Gloucestershire, GL13 9NF
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1880?
Century and Period: 19th century (late?),
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
The font at the new Church of St. Andrew falls outside the chrnological range of this Index, but is listed here as a curiosity: it was made from an up-turned brass bell from Old St Andrew's, which dates from the late 19th century, ca. 1880 [NB: there is of course a precedent of sorts for this relation between bells and fonts: many of the metal fonts cast in the Middle Ages were executed by bell makers and shaped liked upturned bells]. The font cover has a handle made from the old closing ring door handle. [NB: we have no information on the earlier church here, if any]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, brass
Font Shape: bell-shaped (up-turned)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round