East Barkwith
Results: 5 records
B01: symbol - shield
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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B02: design element - architectural - arcade - inverted arches
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
B03: design element - motifs - foliage - trefoiled leaves
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB01: head
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
LB02: design element - motifs - fleuron
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 12602BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Wragby
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Font Notes:
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Reported in Lewis' Dictionary of 1848: "a font of very ancient date, highly ornamented." Noted in Pevsner, Harris and Antram (1989): "Font. Octagonal, Perp[endicular], quite ornate. Heads and fluerons at the foot of the bowl. On the bowl itself shields above upside-down shallow arches with trefoil leaves where they meet (cf. font at Covenham St Mary)."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England, Comprising the Several Counties, Cities, Boroughs, Corporate and Market Towns, Parishes, Chapelries, and Townships, and the Islands of Guernsy, Jersey, and Man, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions [...], London: S. Lewis, 1831
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Lincolnshire, London: Penguin, 1989