Leighterton

Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2008

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Results: 6 records

B01: symbol - shield - emblem - the instruments of the Passion

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - flower

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the top of the font and cover visible in the lower right-hand corner

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes [www.allthecotswolds.com]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 13908LEI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [originally from Wottton-under-Edge St. Mary's?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Gloucestershire, South West
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A46, equidistant from Wotton-under-Edge, to the WNW, and Malmesbury, to the ESE
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, S side of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Decorated
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for his photographs of church and font
Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. Late C14. Octagonal bowl, its panels, bordered with marguerites, containing suspended shields charged with the emblems of the Passion; sait to have come from St Mary, Wotton-under-Edge" [cf. Index entry]. The plain; octagonal stem with a moulding at each end. On an octagonal plinth with kneeling stone. Wooden cover has an old-fashioned locking system, a metal rod across its round surface; original? Or a Victorian replica?

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

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