Barnwell / North Lodge Farm

INFORMATION

FontID: 12544BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)?
Church/Chapel: [not in a church]
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 4th century (?), Early Christian / Anglo-Roman
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead tank
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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