Clopton nr. Ipswich

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Results: 8 records

B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8

Scene Description: view of the south side [cf. image 1100320005 for a detailed view of this shield]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI

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P01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 16

Scene Description: in pairs on the plinth sides

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view of basin - east side

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view of basin - south side - detail

Scene Description: the insicisions are not original

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view of basin - southeast side

Scene Description: the incisions on the shield are not original

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI

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view of font base

Scene Description: the replacement stem and lower base; both modern

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view of font cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15541CLO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km NW of Woodbridge, 10 km ENE of Ipswich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th century [basin and plinth only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photographs of this font
Described in Parker (1855): "Font, an octagon, with panels and shields in the bowl." Octagonal basin decorated with deeply-carved shields inscribed in pointed quatrefoils on the sides, raised on a plain pedestal base and lower base, both octagonal and modern, and an octagonal plinth with pairs of round quatrefoils on the sides; the plinth appears original [NB: the original stem would have been decorated in accord with the patterns on the basin and plinth]. The wooden font consists of a flat octagonal platform with four reised ribs of 'tabernacle' work; appears Victorian.

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