Swell / Sewelle
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: partial view of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martin Beek, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph in FLICKR [www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshire_church_photos] taken by Martin Beek on 8 April 2006
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12019SWE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century [re-tooled?], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Catharine, Swell
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: Swell Ln, Taunton TA3 6PZ, United Kingdom -- Tel.: +44 1458 253067
Site Location: Somerset, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 6 km SW of Langport
Historical Region: Hundred of Abdick [in Domesday]
Additional Comments: altered font? re-tooled?
Font Notes:
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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 July 1888 accompanied by the following description: "Octagonal bowl, circular stem, base, & foot - pace. Circular bowl, no lead, vertical sides; flat at bottom, 10" deep, 2 1/2 margin; - the whole coming unjointed and nearly falling to pieces. Position, opposite S. porch, on N. side of Nave walk 1/2 way up. No cover." The octagonal mounted font at St. Catherine's appears now [2006] to have been repaired and re-tooled [NB: the original fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century, with a major renovation in the 15th century]. Not mentioned in Pevsner (1958).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [in inches in Harvey Pridham [cf. FontNotes]]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with metal decoration and cross handle