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B01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [Emeline Garnett, 2005]?
Image Source: drawing, probably by Emeline Garnett in www.brooksby.org/family/old-family.html [accessed 25 September 2006]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [Emeline Garnett, 2005]?
Image Source: drawing, probably by Emeline Garnett in www.brooksby.org/family/old-family.html [accessed 25 September 2006]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 12214SAX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A6006, 6 km WNW of Melton Mowbray
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Described in Pevsner (1984): "Font. Perp[endicular], octagonal, castellated, better than the usual run of Perp[endicular] fonts." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a pedestal formed by clustered columns, and a plain quadrangular lower base or plinth; the sides of the basin are decorated with large quatrefoil motifs, the upper rim of the basin is crenellated. Plain wooden cover. A drawing of this font can be found at www.brooksby.org/family/old-family.html [accessed 25 September 2006]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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