Dundas

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Image copyright © Margaret Koblyk, 2009

Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 February 2009)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margaret Koblyk, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Margaret Koblyk 18 February 2009
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 February 2009)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Margaret Koblyk, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Margaret Koblyk 18 February 2009
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 19 February 2009)

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14267DUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century, Victorian
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. James, Dundas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: 137 Melville St, Dundas, ON L9H 2A6, Canada -- Tel.: (905) 627-1424
Site Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
Directions to Site: Located in S Ontario, near Hamilton
Font Notes:
Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with a variety of quatrefoil panels on the sides, and a plain rounded underbowl chamfer; raised on an octagonal pedestal the sides of which are decorated with trefoil-headed arches or windows; moulded octagonal lower base. Modern wooden cover with Latin cross finial.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Margaret Koblyk, of the St. James' parish, Dundas, Ontario, for the photograph of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 17T 584831 4790897
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.266111, -79.954722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 15′ 58″ N, 79° 57′ 17″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: 20th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]