St. Mary de Castro / Castel

INFORMATION

FontID: 15758CAS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Guernsey

Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands

Directions to Site: Located in Castel, near the seashore

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted in Tyack (1899) as a "small font of silver". However, the March 1, 1860 edition of 'The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal' informs of a "picturesque little church has lately been erected in the parish of St. Mary de Castro", and describes its font as being of Caen stone, a "large circular bowl supported on a square base, on each face of which is carved a sign of one of the Evangelists, the bowl externally being diapered".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, silver

REFERENCES

Tyack, George Smith, Lore and legend of the English Church, London: W. Andrews, 1899