Harby nr. Melton Mowbray

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B01: design element - patterns - tracery

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 12218HAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 13 km N of Melton Mowbray
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle
Date: 1609?
Century and Period: 17th century(early?)
Cognate Fonts: fonts with varied tracery in this county at Great Stretton and Harby
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Upcott (1818). Decsribed in White's Directory of 1877: "The font, which stands in the south aisle, bears the date 1609, and is in the Decorated style." In Pevsner (1984) as a baptismal font with varied tracery patterns as in Great Stretton and Harby, in the same county.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [1609]
Inscription Source: [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
White, William, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Leicester and Rutland, [s.l.]: [Printed for the author], 1877