Mabe / St. Mabe

INFORMATION

FontID: 15743MAB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mabe
Country Name: England
Location: Cornwall, South West
Directions to Site: Located near Penryn
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century, Perpendicular
Font Notes:
Noted in 'On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall' (1851) as a Third-Pointed [i.e., Perpendicular] font with decoration similar to the one at Zennor [cf. Index entry]. The font illustrated in A Snap in Time entry for Mabe [http://www.caerkief.co.uk/Churches/Mabe.html] [accessed 26 November 2009] is, or appears to be, however, modern, unless it is a complete re-cuting of modern times.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

"On the ancient stone fonts of Cornwall: a communication", 83 (April 1851) / New Series no. 47, Ecclesiologist, 1851, pp. 96-102; p. 100