Wappenham No. 2
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B01: design element - motifs - foliage
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Scene Description: "honeysuckle-like leaves" [cf. Font notes]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14591WAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located 8 km W of Towcester, 24 km SE of Northampton
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1660s?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Restoration
Font Notes:
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The present font is described in Pevsner & Cherry (1973): "octagonal with close patterns of honeysuckle-like leaves. The most likely date is the 1660s." [cf. Index entry for Wappenham No. 1 for the earlier Norman font of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Pevsner, Nikolaus, Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1973