Groombridge
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B01: design element - patterns - fluted
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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CR01: design element - motifs - moulding - patterned
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 12099GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist [originally a private chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Country Name: England
Location: Kent, South East
Directions to Site: Located near the county border with Sussex
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1625?
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Noted in Newman (1980): "Of the original fittings there survive the font (fluted octagonal bowl), stem with a large jewelled waist-band)".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Newman, John, West Kent and the Weald, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980