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B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - 8

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

BBU01: symbol - shield

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 12440WOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Matthew
Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located inside the triangle made by the A447-A453-A512
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, by the S entrance [moved from N side?]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Decorated? / Perpendicular?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
Noted in Rev. H.A. Dane's 'short guide' (revised 29 April 2001) in The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington web site [www.benefice.org.uk/worthington_church/a_short-_guide.php] [accessed 21 December 2006]: "As you enter by the south door you see the font which at one time stood near the north door. It is of the 14th century, is made of sandstone and is octagonal in shape, on each face of which is a plain shield with a four foil, and other shields on the upper part of the basin. The oak cover was presented to the Church by Holy Trinity Church, Ashby, in 1958." In Pevsner (1984): "Font. Octagonal, with shields in quatrefoils."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984