Nacton

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B01: design element - architectural - buttress - 8

this one appears to be an original, not re-tooled or re-carved
Scene Description: this one appears to be an original, not re-tooled or re-carved
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B02: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - the instruments of the Passion

on the east side of the basin
Scene Description: on the east side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B03: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - with scroll

on the northeast side of the basin
Scene Description: on the northeast side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B04: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - St. George

the cross of England; on the north side of the basin
Scene Description: the cross of England; on the north side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B05: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull - with scroll

on the northwest side of the basin
Scene Description: on the northwest side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B06: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - Christ's monogram JHS

on the west side of the basin
Scene Description: on the west side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B07: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll

on the southwest side of the basin
Scene Description: on the southwest side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B08: angel - demi-figure - holding shield - emblem - Trinity

the shield has the Trinity with the three persons inscribed at the angles, 'Deus' in the center, and 'est' or 'non est' at the true or false link; on the south side of the basin
Scene Description: the shield has the Trinity with the three persons inscribed at the angles, 'Deus' in the center, and 'est' or 'non est' at the true or false link; on the south side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

B09: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle - with scroll

on the southeast side of the basin
Scene Description: on the southeast side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU01: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU02: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU03: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU04: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU05: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU06: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU07: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU08: angel - cherub

one of eight; re-carved?
Scene Description: one of eight; re-carved?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

BU09: design element - motifs - floral - varied

one on each of the panels of the underbowl chamfer, beneath the cherubs
Scene Description: one on each of the panels of the underbowl chamfer, beneath the cherubs
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LB01: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - with club

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LB02: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - with club

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LB03: human figure - male - grotesque or fantastic - Green Man or woodwoose - with club

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LBF01: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LBF02: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

LBF03: animal - mammal - lion - sejant

one of four; re-carved or modern
Scene Description: one of four; re-carved or modern
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover - southwest side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover - southeast side

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

inscription

on the shield held by the angel on the south side of the basin: at the angles of the shield it has the three persons of the Trinity, 'Deus' in the center, and 'est' or 'non est' at the true or false link; on the south side of the basin
Scene Description: on the shield held by the angel on the south side of the basin: at the angles of the shield it has the three persons of the Trinity, 'Deus' in the center, and 'est' or 'non est' at the true or false link; on the south side of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2011by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken April 2006 by Simon Knott [www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/nacton.html]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

Font ID: 15551NAC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Martin of Tours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Suffolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1156, W of Levington, S of Bucklesham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Additional Comments: altered font: drastically re-tooled and re-carved; most (all?) of the base is new
Font Notes:
Noted in Parker (1855): "Font, an octagon, with good panelling on bowl." Noted and illustrated in Knott (2006): "The medieval font survives, and bears a triumphant (although recut) angel bearing a shield of the Instruments of the Passion. The wild men are super, and the smiling lions are reminiscent of those you often find on Norfolk fonts of this type." The font consists of an octagonal basin with deeply-carved panels, the four symbols of the Evangelists alternating with angel demi-figures holding shields charged with emblems of England, the Trinity and the Instruments of the Passion, cherubs at the angles of the underbowl and flowers on the panels below; the square pedestal base appears totally modern, but incorporates the combination of sejant lions at the corners with woodwooses on the sides; the latter are moderate versions of the usually ferocious-looking wild men, and even their clubs resemble French baguettes rather than the more threatening versions we see in the original ones; the basin itself has been drastically re-carved. The font stands on a good two-step octagonal plinth with kneeling extension; the font has a flat octagonal wooden cover with a metal cross finial; it is modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Suffolk Churches, and to Janice Tostevin for their photographs of church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 378745 5764403

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Text: [at the angles of the shield it has the three persons of the Trinity, 'Deus' in the center, and 'est' or 'non est' at the true or false link]
Inscription Notes: modern re-carving

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood, oak
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Knott, Simon, The Suffolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 1999-. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon [February 2005]. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
  • Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855, [unpaged]