Pitney

Results: 2 records

P01: animal - mammal - lamb - head

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

UB01: design element - motifs - floral - rose - Tudor rose

[cf. Font notes]
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15384PIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: England
Location: Somerset, South West
Directions to Site: Located 5 km W of Somerton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Bath & Wells
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [composite font?], late Medieval / composite
Font Notes:
Pevsner (1958) notes: "The plinth is original, with lamb's heads at the corners." The Victoria County History (Somerset, vol. 3, 1974) notes: "The earliest part of the building is the early-13th-century chancel which has been extensively rebuilt […] The plinth of the font is 14th century." The National Monumets Record [http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=263311] [accessed 25 September 2009] describes the font but not the plinth: "octagonal font with plain bowl on moulded base with Tudor roses in undercoving, C14/C15, with a cover in C17 style."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2009-09-25 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.
Pevsner, Nikolaus, South and West Somerset, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958