Clopton nr. Ipswich
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Standing permission
Results: 8 records
B01: symbol - shield - blank - in a quatrefoil - pointed or cusped quatrefoil - 8
![view of the south side [cf. image 1100320005 for a detailed view of this shield]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1100320004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: view of the south side [cf. image 1100320005 for a detailed view of this shield]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
P01: design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 16
Scene Description: in pairs on the plinth sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - east side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
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view of basin - southeast side
Scene Description: the incisions on the shield are not original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of basin - south side - detail
Scene Description: the insicisions are not original
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2010
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 16 March 2010 by Janice Tostevin for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15541CLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin and plinth only] [composite font], Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17546666
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 5-6 km NW of Woodbridge, 10 km ENE of Ipswich
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photographs of this font
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, [unpaged]