Dursley

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Results: 9 records

B01: symbol - shield - emblem - cross - 4?

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin

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B02: design element - motifs - panel - quatrefoiled - 4

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin

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BBL01: design element - motifs - moulding

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BU01: design element - motifs - floral - flower - square flower - 16

Scene Description: on the underbowl chamfer

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font at St. Mark's

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13877DUR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located on the A4135, 13 km S of Stroud, 19 km S of Gloucester
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (early?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and fonts
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Early C14 octagonal bowl, on modern shafts." The basin has four sides adorned with shield charged with a Latin cross, alternating with four other sides adorned with a pointed quatrefoil; on the underbowl chamfer, below a moulding, is a band of square flower motif [NB: the same source notes that the church of St. Mark, also in Dursley, has a 1888 font by Frank Smith; the church itself is 19th-century -- not listed separately in this index on account of its late date]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: a very low round dome with a knob finial/handle

REFERENCES

Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002