East Wickham
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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - cusped - 8
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 12092WIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael [the new church -- originally from the medieval temple]
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church [originally in the old church]
Century and Period: 14th century, Decorated
Font Notes:
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Noted in Newman (1980): "Font. Dec[orated]. Hexagonal. Two ogee-ended quatrefoils on each face." [NB: Newman (ibid.) further informs that the font was moved to the new (1932) church when the medieval parish church was handed over to a Greek Orthodox congregation]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980