Martlesham
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
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BU01: design element - motifs - floral
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14429MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, by the S entrance
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17546141
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A12, between Ipswich and Woodbridge
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, D[ecorated]; an octagon, with panelled bowl."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the her photograph of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [entry no.] 39 / [http://books.google.ca/books?id=Gw8HAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT43&lpg=PT43&dq=martlesham+church+font&source=bl&ots=nM4adbDOF9&sig=XL83jdC0lyWLkR-6yy9MAC6BExo&hl=en&ei=uxPdSZ_wGoaaMuiAhdQN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPT8,M1] [accessed 8 April 2009]