A guide to English Gothic architecture, illustrated by numerous drawings and photographs (1922)
Gardner, Samuel, 1856- · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 232
Plate No. CLXX. WANTAGE CHURCH, BERKS. FONT. c. 1220. EE The font at Wantage is excellently preserved. The bowl is octagonal with perfectly plain sides, butround the top is a row of dog-tooth, and below a double row. The stem is surrounded by shafts withmoulded caps and bases. i6 FONTS: SWATON … Plate No. CLXXI. SWATON CHURCH, LINCS. FONT. c. 1300. D Fonts must never be dated by their surroundings, as they are often older and often later than the churchesin which they are placed. They always bear their own credentials. In this instance the big ball-flowersbelow the bowl will at once show…
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