Leicester No. 5 / Ledecestre
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - panel
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - motifs - vine - grape
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
B03: symbol - fruit - grapes
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 12238LEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Alban
Church Patron Saints: St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located on Hartington Rd, off East Park RD, in the NE suburbs of Leicester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1905
Century and Period: 20th century (early), Modern
Workshop/Group/Artisan: G.P. Bankart / lead font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Pevsner (1984): "Lead font 1905 by G. P. Bankart. Panels framed by vine trails and bunches of grapes." [NB: George Percy Bankart (1866-1929, author of 'The art of the plasterer', 1908)]. [NB: although excluded from the scope of this Index on account of its late date, the font is listed as a sample of 20th-century lead font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead