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B01: symbol - shield

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 12306GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James the Great
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 4-5 km NE of Rockingham
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in Mee (1945) as a baptismal font of the 15th century. In Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "Octagonal, Perp[endicular], with shields and panelling." [NB: an early church from the Early Norman period is reported here, but we have no information on the font from that church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Mee, Arthur, The King's England: Northamptonshire, country of spires and stately homes, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973