Bussage
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
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B01: design element - patterns - tracery
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - west tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 13859BUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Chalford
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1844-1846?
Century and Period: 19th century (mid?), Victorian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by James Park Harrison
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font [...] by Harrison [i.e. James Park Harrison, "a Christ Church man, prominent member of the Oxford Architectural Society"], stone in Dec[orated] style." The font consists of a tall octagonal basin with traceried panels, raised on a four-column cluster; two-step plinth. Round and flat wooden cover, with metal decorations and ring handle; also Victorian.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002