Tuddenham St. Martin
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view of font and cover in context
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view of basin - underbowl
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: symbol of John the Evangelist on the left; angel (?) holding an object in its lap
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view of basin - detail
![probably the Annunciation [or a combination of it and the donor? cf. Font notes], flanked by the symbols of two of the Evangelists](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1070315007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: probably the Annunciation [or a combination of it and the donor? cf. Font notes], flanked by the symbols of two of the Evangelists
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: an angel (?) holding a crown, flanked by the symbols of two of the Evangelists
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font cover - detail
Scene Description: detail of the open cover on the right
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view of base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 12805TUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1363? / 1433?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century [re-tooled], Medieval [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, just W of the S doorway
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17527018
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NNE of Ipswich
Additional Comments: altered font / re-cut font / 1433? [re-tooled]
Font Notes:
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Lewis' Dictionary of 1848 notes: "the font has the date 1363 inscribed on it." Parker (1855) writes: "The font is very fine P[erpendicular]; an octagon, with rich panelling and figures around the pedestal, and angels in the panels of the bowl." Listed in Cautley (1982) as 15th-century font bearing an inscription and a notable cover. Knott (2006) provides a series of images of this font [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/tuddstm.htm] [accessed 13 March 2007], notes the "dedicatory inscription from 1433" and points out that the carving has been re-cut. Knott (ibid.) also suggests that the kneeling figure in one of the panels "may be intended as Mary of the Annunciation, or it may just be the donor Agnes Silvester, showing her piety."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of www.norfolkchurches.co.uk, for the photographs of this font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: tallish octagonal pyramid, painted and gilded, the ribs crocketed; finial
REFERENCES
- Cautley, Henry Munro, Suffolk churches and their treasures, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1982, p. 68, 87 and pl. 75
- Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
- 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, [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51356] [accessed 14 March 2007]
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]