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B01: Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
INFORMATION
FontID: 15589EYK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 5 km NE of Woodbridge, 16 km NE of Ipswich
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Evangelists' font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Parker (1855) as an octagonal font of the Perpendicular period "with evangelistic symbols on the bowl". Knott (1999?] notes the font cover carved by the villagers under the direction of Darling (junior). [NB: the church fabric is 12th-century, but we have no information on the original font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th - 20th century?
Material: wood
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]. Accessed: 2009-10-26 00:00:00. URL: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk.
Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855