Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English (1893)
Lethaby, W. R. (William Richard), 1857-1931 · London, Macmillan · leaf 73
6i VIII.] OF FONTS seem earlier than this. IHC NAZAR was fre- quently engraved on the front of knights’ hel- mets. This is an extremely good example of how a fine design may be made of simplest elements. … A Norman font of lead at Great Plumstead was destroyed with the church in the fire or December, 1891. It is figured by Cotman.' The font at Avebury, Wiltshire, has often erroneously been stated to be of lead ; there is a resemblance in the design, but it is of stone painted. Arc/i. Remains^ vol.…
Leadwork
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