St. Ervan / Ervan / Sen Erven
INFORMATION
Font ID: 15712ERV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Early English
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Ervan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ervan
Site Location: Cornwall, South West, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located S of Padstow, N of Mawgan-in-Pydar
Font Notes:
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Noted in Cox (1912) as a chalice-shaped octagonal font probably of the 14th century, although Cox puts it in the Early English period. Illustrated in http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Ervan.html [accessed 12 November 2009]. The font consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides tapering on a round underbowl; raised on a plain octagonal stem, with slightly splaying lower base. The wooden cover is octagonal and flat, with metal decoration and ring handle; appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, Cornwall, London: George Allen & Company, 1912, p. 18, 101