Jerusalem No. 2
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2006
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 March 2006 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14445JER
Church/Chapel: Cathedral of St. George
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: Israel
Location: Jerusalem
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A baptismal font in the Perpendicular style, but of modern date, consisting of an octagonal basin with vertical sides decorated with small blank shields inscribed in ogee panels on seven sides, the eighth decorated with a large crowned shield with the IHS emblem of Christ; graded underbowl chamfer; base has the usual Victorian-style columns in varied coloured marble; octagonal lower base; octagonal plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal and tall, with crocketed upper ribs; modern too.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]