Kelsale
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Standing permission
Results: 12 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant
B02: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem
B03: Christ - Agnus Dei?
B04: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem
B05: animal - mammal - lion - sejant-gardant
B06: angel - holding shield - coat of arms - Bishop of Ely?
B07: animal - fabulous animal or monster - griffin?
B08: angel - demi-figure - holding shield
BU01: angel - cherub - head - 8
UB01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant - 4
UB02: design element - architectural - buttress - pinnacled - 4
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15032KEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: East Anglia font / heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary and St. Peter
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Peter
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located just N of Saxmunham, now part of is suburbs
Additional Comments: altered font ; replacement base
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the East Anglia type; the octagonal basin has four demi-angels holding charged shields (one has the three crowns emblem of the Bishop of Ely; another has three chalices; the other two are two worn to discern the emblem; in the other four panels are: a lion sedente-regardant, a reclining lamb (Lamb of God?), another lion like the first but more deeply carved, and a griffin (?); the underbowl has the usual angel heads; the stem has four sedente lions alternating with pinnacled buttresses.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 397249 5788040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.233177, 1.495409
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 13′ 59.44″ N, 1° 29′ 43.47″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain, flat and round; appears modern