Barnwell / North Lodge Farm
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12544BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th century (?), Early Christian / Anglo-Roman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead tank
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: disused font? / abandoned font? / fragment?
Town/City Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnwell,_Northamptonshire
Font Notes:
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A fragment of an Earliy Christian lead tank reported in Frenmd & Hadman (1994): "It was probably part of the top of some large lead vessel, perhaps a tank similar to the presumed Chistian lead font found down a well at Ashton, near Oundle."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
Number of Pieces: fragment
REFERENCES
- Frend, William H.C., "A Deposit of Roman Lead from North Lodge Farm, Barnwell, Northants.", 25, Britannia, 1994, pp. 224-226; p. 225