The stone font in St Mary's Church, with an octagonal bowl supported on a cluster of shafts with foliate capitals
- Date:
- 1958
- Location:
- St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Stow, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire
- Reference:
- AA58/03439
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
The font has been dated to the 13th or 15th century. Each side of the bowl is carved with a different design, including a flower head, a serpent, a Green Man, and a Star of David. Notably none of these are Christian motifs. The bowl is supported on a cluster of shafts with foliate capitals. The base has a carved foliage design in the north-east and south-east corners, and a dragon stretching between the north-west and south-west corners.
This is part of the Series: LTC01/01 Lady Trenchard Cox: Series of Negatives; within the Collection: LTC01 Lady Trenchard Cox Collection
© Historic England Archive
Photographer: Cox, Mary Desiree
Medieval Parish Church, Medieval Font, Religion
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